`Due to a greater understanding of the need for conservation of natural resources, and the physical environment, human society may -after all- look forward to a promising future`. Do you agree?

GEOGRAPHY

Conservation of natural resources and physical environment

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5th May , 2009 Outline

I . Introduction

Population and the environment

What is conservation of natural resources

II . Body

Technology and the environment

Environment and Conservation

Importance of conserving the environment

III . Conclusions

Introduction

It is a fact that population growth or its decline is a resultant effect of both births and deaths or in some countries immigration and emigration are

indeed significant factors of this phenomenon . The carrying capacity as defined by specialists is that maximum number of persons that can be comfortably supported in a particular environment without posing any possible threats of depletion of the available resources in the near future . It thus not only considers space availability but also emphasizes on the importance of relating the numbers to the available resources as well as the potential of the earth system as a whole to support them (S .

. Hays , 1986 . It is therefore important to realize that human beings are part and parcel of the world 's ecosystem and its only valuable for them to preserve its best . The ecosystems has constantly undergone modifications by humans not only as a consequence of population expansion but also due to enhanced technological know how and human consumption . It is the human race that has in the past destroyed habitats , polluted his own environment that has adversely changed the atmosphere hence threatening global stability . Experts have further warned...