Environmental issues that cause ill health
☼ The use of harmful substances in food production ☼ Inhumane farming methods
Inhumane farming methods are ways of farming that are cruel to animals.
- An example is a battery of chickens. These animals never see sunlight, get fresh air, move
and live-in discomfort and frustration every day.
☼ Impact of depletion of sources
• Overfishing
- Whole species of fish can disappear.
- Fish not suitable for consumption is thrown away.
- People who rely on fishing for a living will be unemployed.
- People whose diet relies on fish will not have enough to eat.
• Firewood
- Some types of trees will become extinct, leading to soil erosion.
- People will run out of fuel to cook food and keep warm. And there’ll be no change.
- Birds will have no place to live and alien plants will take over the land.
- Global warming and climate change will take place because trees absorb carbon
dioxide and give off oxygen.
☼ Impact of degradation on society and the environment.
• Land
Degradation is the process of damaging or ruining something.
- Farmers plant the same type of crops on the same piece of land, year after year, depleting
Destroying / harming the environment affects people and the planet. the soil. Crop failure will occur.
Human activities can cause environmental hazards such as soil erosion and pollution. - Cattle are allowed to eat all the grass, leading to soil erosion.
e.g.: soil erosion, pollution, radiation, floods, fire, wind damage, lack of infrastructure, - Land is used to build infrastructure. And mining activities pollute the land.
loss of space
- Pesticides can poison the land so that it cannot be used for farming.
☼ The use of harmful substances in food production ☼ Inhumane farming methods
Inhumane farming methods are ways of farming that are cruel to animals.
- An example is a battery of chickens. These animals never see sunlight, get fresh air, move
and live-in discomfort and frustration every day.
☼ Impact of depletion of sources
• Overfishing
- Whole species of fish can disappear.
- Fish not suitable for consumption is thrown away.
- People who rely on fishing for a living will be unemployed.
- People whose diet relies on fish will not have enough to eat.
• Firewood
- Some types of trees will become extinct, leading to soil erosion.
- People will run out of fuel to cook food and keep warm. And there’ll be no change.
- Birds will have no place to live and alien plants will take over the land.
- Global warming and climate change will take place because trees absorb carbon
dioxide and give off oxygen.
☼ Impact of degradation on society and the environment.
• Land
Degradation is the process of damaging or ruining something.
- Farmers plant the same type of crops on the same piece of land, year after year, depleting
Destroying / harming the environment affects people and the planet. the soil. Crop failure will occur.
Human activities can cause environmental hazards such as soil erosion and pollution. - Cattle are allowed to eat all the grass, leading to soil erosion.
e.g.: soil erosion, pollution, radiation, floods, fire, wind damage, lack of infrastructure, - Land is used to build infrastructure. And mining activities pollute the land.
loss of space
- Pesticides can poison the land so that it cannot be used for farming.
