Environment and Sustainability

Question: Discuss about the Environment and Sustainability. Answer: Introduction: The protected areas are the place which is protected due to its ecological and cultural values. These areas are protected so that the government can achieve long-term conservation of nature (Berkes, 2004). Protected areas can be found in different parts of the world and they are known by certain names like the national park, natural reserve, wildlife areas, tourism management areas etc. we need the protected areas because protected areas are the main essential for biodiversity conservation. As the trees help to protect the ozone layer, if there is no tree left, then there will be a decline in the layers of the atmosphere. The main need for protection of the environment because it protects different types of ecosystem. The existence of protected areas helps us run our daily life because with proper ecosystem-human life cannot survive. The protected areas protect the resources as well as the ecosystem dynamics (Cronan, 1995). The range of a protection area is vast as it protects many ecosystems as well as inhabitants like birds wild animals etc. In last few years, there is a rapid increase in the extent of the protected areas. The world conservation said to each nation that 10% 20% of the land should be kept aside for the conservation of the ecosystem. Large Peace Park is created for the conservation of the biodiversity. Many countries are trying to make Trans-boundary parks to conserve the ecosystem (Dowie, 2009). As Africa is covered with protected areas what ta are steps are taken for the conservation of the ecosystem does any wildlife research or education training is taking place in Africa or any other countries. In last few years, the management of different countries is trying to conserve the ecosystem by developing many ecotourism services. The wildlife policies are developed by the by the government as well as hunting is prohibited in many countries due to the extinction of many wildlife species. The management is trying to design the wildlife conservation so that they can sustain in nature as due to the climate change (Sarkar, 1999). Many countries are taking steps in controlling the global warming as CNG gas vehicles are introduced and old cars and buses and cars are getting rejected from further using, as the law is set by the government of many nations. References Berkes Fikret, Rethinking community-based conservation. Conservation Biology, vol. 18, no. 3, 2004. Cronon, William. 1995. The Trouble with Wilderness: or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature. In Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature, edited by William Cronon. New York London: W.W. Norton Company. Dowie, M (2009) Introduction: Enemies of Conservation. Conservation Refugees: The HundredYear Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples, The MIT Press: Cambridge: xvxxiv Sarkar, Sahotra. 1999. "Wilderness preservation and biodiversity conservationkeeping divergent goals distinct", BioScience no. 49 (5):404-412.