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People and The Natural Environment
Making our environment sustainable
People depend upon the natural environment. But their activities may also do much harm
to the natural environment.
Find out activities in your locality and discuss how they may harm the natural environment.
Today, people need to protect, restore and conserve the natural environment. We also
need to embellish and keep the man-made environment clean. This contributes to make
our environment sustainable.
Some important natural resources we need to preserve are water and forests. Can you
name two other important natural resources that we need to preserve?
Why should we preserve these natural resources?
Why should we use water judiciously? Can we cut down all the trees on Earth?
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is about taking actions to maintain and take care
of the world we live in. We must act responsibly to preserve
the natural resources of the Earth for the future generations.
THINK
You must have realised that it is very important to maintain and preserve the world we live in.
We should act responsibly to make our environment sustainable.
People’s activity
Cutting down trees
Removing coral sand from the lagoon1
1This activity has been banned (stopped) since 2001.
How it harms the natural environment
table 1 people’s activity and how it affects the natural environment