scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND HEALTH ISSUES

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
Mary Kensa V
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The People ◽  
Nuclear Plants ◽  
Cardio Vascular

Nature provides all kinds of facilities and resources to live in the planet. Nations are exploiting the environment (resources) as much as for comfort and luxury life in terms of development. The so called developments create negative impact in the planet and make the people keep away from nature. The environmental degradation is caused by combustion of fossil fuel, agricultural activities, industries,households, nuclear plants and other sources. These are polluting air, water and soil. As a result climate is changed and it leads global warming, flood, Hurricane, and other natural calamities. These incidences are led to threat to human health. The climate change leads to health problems such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever,diarrhoea, measles and other vector borne diseases, cancer, cardio vascular and respiratory diseases. The environmental degradation affects the food chain and it affects the health of the human beings. The climate change affects four grain production and it creates food insecurity. The poor people are forced to fall under malnutrition and it affects the health of the people. There is an urgent need to protect the environment and save the planet and protect the human beings from ill health.

scholarly journals Extraction Ecology: Environment and People in the Anthropocene

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
Chesta Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

The uncontrollable pursuit of growth and benefits has dominated our society. In developed part of the planet people live in energy phase of modernity but it is marked by instability of social situations and culture forms. It is often closely related to issues such as climate change, the disappearance of agro-biodiversity, or the loss of animal biodiversity. The extreme climate flux that human beings face today can be linked to the human continuous need for energy. The constant appetite to consume more and more energy has resulted in environmental degradation, like collapsed impoundment dams, floods, dead zones in forests. It has not only affected the environment but also people. It has given rise to unemployment, crippling poverty, and diseases such as black lung disease. This paper operates at the intersection of ecocriticism and extractive fiction studies to study the impact of mining by examining The Upheaval by Pundalik Naik. By applying the theory of ecocriticism, this paper will study and highlight how these places are rich in resources but are places of environmental degradation, public health issues, poverty and social conflict.

Impact of Environmental Degradation on Human Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
_______ Archana ◽  
Charu Datta ◽  
Pratibha Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Economic Institute ◽  
Day By Day

Degradation of environment is one of the most serious challenges before the mankind in today’s world. Mankind has been facing a wide range of problem arising out of the degradation of environment. Not only the areas under human inhabitation, but the areas of the planet without human population have also been suffering from these problems. As the population increase day by day, the amenities are not improved simultaneously. With the advancement of science and technologies the needs of human beings has been changing rapidly. As a result different types of environmental problems have been rising. Environmental degradation is a wide- reaching problem and it is likely to influence the health of human population is great. It may be defined the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil. The destruction of ecosystem and extinction of wildlife. Environmental degradation has occurred due to the recent activities in the field of socio-economic, institute and technology. Poverty still remains a problem as the root of several environmental problems to create awareness among the people about the ill effect of environmental pollution. In the whole research it is clear that all factors of environmental degradation may be reduced through- Framing the new laws on environmental degradation, Environment friend policy, Controlling all the ways and means of noise, air, soil and water pollution, Through growing more and more trees and by adapting the proper sanitation policy.  

Impact of Climate Change on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Central Rajasthan

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Saifuddin Soz ◽  
Dhananjay Mankar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
The People ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Impact

Climate change is already bringing tremendous influence on people’s lives, particularly the underprivileged. It’s already visible in a variety of ways. In recent decades, Asia and the Pacific have seen consistent warming trends as well as more frequent and powerful extreme weather events such as droughts, cyclones, floods, and hailstorms. This study was done in Ajmer District of Rajasthan, to find out the climate variation in the last 10 years. The study describes the effects due to climate change on the livelihoods of the people, so a descriptive research design was used for the study to find out the impact of climate change on rural livelihood in central Rajasthan. The study is based on a large representative of sample, quantitative data was collected to gain an idea of the impact on the livelihoods due to climate change at the household level. It shows the negative impact of climate change on rural livelihood which forced the people to change their livelihood directly or indirectly. It was found that climate change had an impact on people’s lives and people do understand the variation in climate change in terms of changes in the weather, unseasonal rain, and drought.

scholarly journals Abandoned aquariums: Online animal attractions during quarantine

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5.1-5.8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Zoonotic Diseases ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Historical Moment

In this article, I argue that popular online animal videos during the coronavirus pandemic are emblematic of the political stakes of animal documentary in the era of climate change. Conceived in response to James Leo Cahill’s ‘A YouTube bestiary: Twenty-six theses on a post-cinema of animal attractions’, I claim a broad public is currently navigating its hopes and fears over an oncoming posthuman future through differing deployments of what Cahill calls the ‘animal attractions’ of online videos. Comparing several recent examples, I analyse these images as documents of an era defined by interactions between humans and nonhumans (such as zoonotic diseases like COVID-19) and as fabulist visions of a future without human beings. Here, emptied aquariums embody the concerns of our current historical moment, evoking anxieties over environmental degradation and speculation about our unknown future.

scholarly journals EVALUATION AND SUGGESTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND ITS EFFECTS IN AZAMGARH DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 172-175
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Sharma ◽  
Raj Narayan Prajapati
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Water Problem ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Living Organisms

English: In the context of the presented research study area Azamgarh district, the evaluation of environmental degradation and its effects, due to the changing activity of variable development between environment and human beings, the current activities only point towards its insensitivity. Increasing problems around our environment such as soil pollution, water pollution, air pollution and biodiversity havoc, future and future crisis on environment and human existence have arisen resulting in climate change increasing natural disasters, drinking water problem, global warming , Increase in incurable diseases of human beings, there are different types of effects of all living organisms including humans, due to which - environmental degradation and population growth and industrialization, rapid urbanization, consumerist culture have considered the basic root of environmental degradation. The following suggestions will be presented by the researcher environmental impact and evaluation. Hindi: प्रस्तुत शोध अध्ययन क्षेत्र आजमगढ़ जनपद के सन्दर्भ में पर्यावरण अवनयन और उसके प्रभावों का  मूल्यांकन पर्यावरण एवं मानव के बीच परिवर्तनशील विकास के बदलते क्रियाकलाप के कारण वर्तमान गतिविधियाँ उसकी असंवेदनशीलता की ओर ही इशारा करती है। हमारे वातावरण के आसपास बढ़ती समस्याएं जैसे मृदा प्रदूषण, जल प्रदूषण, वायु प्रदूषण एवं जैव विविधता का तीव्र ह्नास , पर्यावरण एवं मानव अस्तित्व पर भविष्य के लिए संकट उत्पन्न हो गया जिसके परिणाम स्वरूप जलवायु परिवर्तन प्राकृतिक आपदाओं में वृद्धि, पेयजल की समस्या, वैश्विक उष्मन, मानव के असाध्य रोगों में वृद्धि, मानव सहित सभी जीवधारियों के विभिन्न प्रकार के प्रभाव हैं जिसका कारण-पर्यावरण अवनयन एवं जनसंख्या वृद्धि तथा औद्योगीकरण, तीव्र नगरीकरण, उपभोक्तावादी संस्कृति ने पर्यावरण अवनयन का मूल जड़ माना जा रहा है। शोधार्थी पर्यावरण प्रभाव एवं मूल्यांकन के द्वारा निम्नलिखित सुझाव को प्रस्तुत किया जायेगा।

scholarly journals Climate Change Contribution to the Emergence or Re-Emergence of Parasitic Diseases

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117863361773229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica E Short ◽  
Cyril Caminade ◽  
Bolaji N Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
The People ◽  
Management Plans

The connection between our environment and parasitic diseases may not always be straightforward, but it exists nonetheless. This article highlights how climate as a component of our environment, or more specifically climate change, has the capability to drive parasitic disease incidence and prevalence worldwide. There are both direct and indirect implications of climate change on the scope and distribution of parasitic organisms and their associated vectors and host species. We aim to encompass a large body of literature to demonstrate how a changing climate will perpetuate, or perhaps exacerbate, public health issues and economic stagnation due to parasitic diseases. The diseases examined include those caused by ingested protozoa and soil helminths, malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, babesiosis, schistosomiasis, and echinococcus, as well as parasites affecting livestock. It is our goal to impress on the scientific community the magnitude a changing climate can have on public health in relation to parasitic disease burden. Once impending climate changes are now upon us, and as we see these events unfold, it is critical to create management plans that will protect the health and quality of life of the people living in the communities that will be significantly affected.

scholarly journals REVIEW LITERATURE: POLICY OF BACKING FOR TRADING ORNAMENT CORALS AND ANEMON BY THE MINISTRY OF MARINE AND FISHERIES AFFAIRS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Septa Riadi ◽  
Yudi Wahyudin ◽  
M. Nur Arkham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Fishing Gear ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

The purpose of article writing is to conduct a policy review of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries regarding the prohibition of trade in ornamental materials for the sustainability of community welfare. The research method used is a literature study to understand the relevant problems. On Mid-August 2016, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries made a policy to prohibit the sale and purchase of ornamental coral in any form. This policy was made due to the higher level of coral damage. The policy provides a negative impact on the sustainability of life and income of fishermen and entrepreneurs engaged in ornamental coral. The results of LIPI's research through the COREMAP-CTI program assess coral damage caused by climate change, besides fishing activities with environmentally friendly fishing gear such as bombs and poisons that cause coral damage. The conclusion of this article states that coral trade is not the main cause of damage to coral reefs in Indonesia, so the policies issued by the MMAF will have a negative impact on the social and economic conditions of the people who depend on the trade in ornamental corals. Keywords: ornamental coral, policy, trading

scholarly journals Environmental Ethics in Akyem Abuakwa: Developing the Ecological Zone through the African Worldview

2020 ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Samuel Asiedu-Amoako ◽  
Michael Kwadwo Ntiamoah
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
African Worldview ◽  
Crisis Call

Akyem Abuakwa’s geographical location puts her in a different environmental condition. Both natural and human factors have combined in causing massive environmental degradation and ecological crisis. The environmental degradation and ecological crisis call for exploration of indigenous knowledge to construct indigenous ecological orientations and environmental concerns that could be relevant to recent times. Using qualitative design, the study found out that the traditional belief among the people of Abuakwa has created the awareness that human beings are answerable to the line of ancestors for their stewardship over the non-human parts of creation-land, flora and fauna; all these belong to the ancestors. The study proposes that environmental ethics through the African worldview and bioethical African worldview would dictate a fresh environmental concern and ecological orientation for the world today. The study is relevant as it contributes to traditional environmental conservation ethics.

scholarly journals Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change in the Environmental Context in Haiti

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketty Balthazard-Accou ◽  
Max François Millien ◽  
Daphnée Michel ◽  
Gaston Jean ◽  
David Telcy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Emerging Diseases ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Pronounced Increase ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Climate And Environmental Change ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship

Climate change is one of the main challenges facing many countries, particularly developing countries, because of its negative impact on their various ecosystems and their socio-economic development, which very often leads them down a slow descent into poverty. This is because climate change can manifest itself in different forms such as climate variability and extreme events (droughts, epidemics, floods, storms and hurricanes), which can affect biodiversity and cause many human and animal diseases and deaths. In fact, the evolution of ecosystems is dependent on climate and environmental change and appears to be closely associated with many emerging or re-emerging diseases. In general, the ecosystems considered to be most exposed to climate change are those located in and around the intertropical convergence zone in particular. They are believed to be closely linked to the occurrence of several emerging diseases, particularly vector-borne diseases. For years, the Republic of Haiti has been experiencing the adverse effects of these global changes with a marked disruption of its rainfall pattern and prolonged periods of drought as well as a pronounced increase in temperatures even in high altitude areas. Although there is evidence that climate change is increasing the frequency of vector-borne diseases and may contribute to increasing the virulence of their pathogens, there are very few studies conducted in Haiti on the relationship between climate change and vector-borne diseases. The purpose of this chapter is to define the interrelationships between climate change and vector-borne diseases in Haiti by identifying avenues of research to better understand the effects of climate change on public health and to make appropriate recommendations to decision-makers to ensure proper management.

scholarly journals Climate Change Implications to High and Low Potential Zones of Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Msafiri Yusuph Mkonda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Potential Zone ◽  
Global Circulation ◽  
Global Circulation Models ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
Livelihood Options

This chapter presents the findings from a literature review distinguishing the levels of vulnerability and resilience between the people who live in high potential zone areas and low potential zone areas. High potential zones are natural-resourced areas, while low potential zones are less-resourced areas. The refereed resources include fertile soil, water sources, vegetation, and landscape just to mention a few. Predictions from global circulation models confirm that global warming will have substantial impacts to biodiversity and agricultural systems in the most developing countries, including Tanzania. These impacts are severe, significant, and more pronounced in low potential zones where the poor people always dwell. High potential zones are less vulnerable to these impacts due to resources endowments. These impacts are mainly exacerbated by anthropogenic activities like overgrazing, burning of the ecosystem, and monoculture to mention a few. The increase in stress to the already affected areas increases the vulnerability of the poor and thus squeezing the threshold of livelihood options. This chapter focuses on climate change and biodiversity (i.e., soil, landscape, and vegetation) and agricultural biodiversity for climate change adaptations. Therefore, coping and adaptation strategies, particularly economic and technological adaptations, are relented as they significantly reduce the vulnerability of the livelihoods.

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