Challenges of Environmental Protection

Challenges of Environmental Protection

It is difficult for humans to live in harmony with nature now because humans’ selfishness always places profits before our earth’s needs. We live in a consumer society in which we purchase interesting products and dispose of them carelessly. Those products with non-decomposable materials, which make our life easier and more comfortable, result in a massive damage to our environment. In the articles, “A Fable for Tomorrow” by Rachel Carson, “In the Jungle” by Annie Dillard, and “Our Animals Rite” by Anna Quindlen, the three authors suggest how human activities have contributed to the destruction of Nature. As environmental issues have been presented by scientists around the world, governments starting to pay more attention to the environmental protection laws. However, there are many challenges in implementing environmental protection policies. Some of the top environmental concerns are related to air pollution, and waste. Public is becoming to well aware of the horrible consequences of pollution. The 3 key obstacles preventing humans from compromising with nature are massive growth in developing nations, people’s lack of interest in the ecosystem, and people’s unwillingness to give up their comfortable lifestyles.

A growing economic is one of the issues that prevents the Chinese government from putting enough effort into protecting the environment. There is a trade-off between a country’s development and environmental policy. For example, China has achieved rapid economic growth through industrialization in past few decades and has becomes one of the largest economic power countries in the world. As a developing country, China wishes to use all the resources in the nature to boost their economic. The government wants to earn more money to improve rural areas in China and to reduce the poverty rate in the country. In order to reach those goals, miraculous economic growth is necessary. One of the biggest economic booster for...