Ecology

Ecology We live on a very beautiful planet on the Earth. Our planet has veryrich resources the bright blue of the sky, fresh, crystal-clear mountain lakewater, the rich green of the mountains slopes, wild flower, picturesque views all these sceneries of nature fill us with admiration.That s whythose who live in cities prefer spending their days off and their holidays farfrom the noise of the city, to be closer to nature. Perhaps they like tobreathe fresh air or to swim in clear water because the ecology is not so pooras in the cities.

Ecology isthe study of the ways in which organisms plants and animals depend upon eachother and upon their surroundings. Each organism requires conditions in orderto be able to live and breed. These conditions are its environment by changingthe ecological conditions.So,pollution is one of the most burning problems of nowadays. Now millions ofchimneys, cars, buses, trucks all over the world exhaust fumes and harmfulsubstances into the atmosphere.

These poisoned substances pollute everything air, land, water, birds and animals people. So, it is usually hard to breathein the large cities where there are lots plants. Everything there is coveredwith soot and dirt. All these affect harmfully. Waterpollution is very serious, too. Ugly rivers of dirty water polluted withfactory waste, poisoned fish are all-round us. And polluted air and poisonedwater lead to the end of the civilization.So, nowadays a lot of dead lands andlifeless areas have appeared.

Because our actions and dealings can turn theland to a desert. So, we seethat our environment offers an abundance of subject matter for discussion. Theproblems and prospects of the blue planet interest not only scientist andfuturologists, but also politicians, industry, the public and above all,young people! There is hardly a young person who is not conserved with thepreservation of our natural habitat.To recognize environmental problems andmaster them, to reduce and avoid environmental pollution, to discover and developecologically sound technologies there are the essential building blocks forour future.

Whetherscientist or politicians, bankers or student, whether Greek, Norwegian,Hungarian or Finn all are encouraged to make a contribution towards protectingthe environment. Dedication and the courage to change one s way of thinking arecalled for. We are tostop pollution.So, we can grow plants and trees, to purify waste, to starturgent campaigns in order to preserve environment For example, in 1989 inAustralia, Sydney.

In a year the same kind of action was held all overAustralia and it was called Clean up Australia the following years 110countries hold the similar actions within the ecological program of the UNO. Nowadaysthere are many different pressure and interests groups in British, which try tofind solutions to the problems of pollution at the national and internationallevel.So they are groups of people with a common interest in trying to drawthe public attention to environment problems, to influence the governmentdecisions.

Greenpeace is a very famous pressure group. It started functioning in1971. Its headquarters are at Amsterdam, but it operates in 25 countriesworldwide. The aim of Greenpeace is to protect wildlife of toxic wastes,nuclear tests. Friendsof the Earth FoE is one of the British pressure groups with an internationalreputation.Its general aim is to conserve the planet s resources and reducepollution. FoE was established in 1971 and now it operated in 44 countriesworldwide.

It campaigns among other things, for recycling and renewable energy,and the destruction of wildlife and habitat. The main campaigning issues of theFoE are The protection of all animals and plants in danger of extinction.An end to the destruction of wildlife and habitats. A program of energy conservation measures, etc. So, anumber of campaigns resulted in The ban or other hunting in England and Wales And indefinite delay in the construction of the Commercial East BreederReactor, etc. But not only great groups can influence the problem of pollution.

So,different people have their own opinions on this problem The continued pollution of the earth, if unchecked, well eventuallydestroys the fitness of this planet as a place for human life. B. Commoner . The Earth has enough for every man s need, but not for man s greed.Ganlui . And I agree with them because it is really so. And terrible examplesprove them. The Baltic Sea is a special case. Becauseit is such a small sea and it becomes dirty very easily.

Its waster changesslowly through the shallow straits. As many as 250 rivers run into the Baltic.There are hundreds of factories in these rivers and millions of people livealong them. Quite a lot of big cities lie on its coast. All these combined withthe active navigation of the sea naturally affects the state of the sea waterand the shore line flora and fauna.People suffer from the waster pollution cancer deaths increase people s concern.

And there is no escape from this ecological crisis without organizing asingle body dealing with the environmental problems, developing and carryingout a nationwide program of environmental protection and co-operating withinternational schemes. PopulationFears. Scientists now predict that by the year 2050 the population will bedoubled what is today.The fact remains that the rate of food production fellbehind population growth in many of developing countries.

The annual fish catchalready exceeds what the world s oceans can successfully sustain. If we go onusing our natural recourses at today s rates, we will have used up the intirereserves of cooper, natural gas and oil by the year 2054. But the problem ahead lie not so much inwhat we use but in what we waste. What faces us is not so much a recoursecrisis as a pollution crisis.The only solution is to try to change the areasof consumption, technology and population.

Changes in technology must be bakedby slower population growth. And it can be achieved by education in health andwomen s rights. And there is a little hope of reducing consumption over thenext half century.