THE ABUNDANCE OF NATURE
To me the most striking fact that stands forth in the story of Earth's
wild life not so long ago is the wide extent and thoroughness of its
distribution.
Wide as our planet is, and marvelous as it is in the
diversity of its climates, its soils, its topography, its flora, its
riches and its poverty, Nature gave to each square mile and to each
acre a generous quota of wild creatures, according to its ability to
maintain living things.
"Abundance" is the word with which to
describe the original natural life
that stocked Earth, only a short century ago.
In the early days, the millions kinds of fish and sea fauna attracted
no serious attention from the people-at-large; but they lived and
flourished just the same, far down in all oceans, when the greedy new
type of fishing boats systematically started to slaughtered them, and
packed them up for "the market," while the foolish people calmly
permitted them to do it.
THE STRIKING FACT
Our rapid economic growth, the
resulting changes in consumption patterns, and careless exploatation of natural
resources can easy destroy the healthy progress
of the whole planet.
My pessimistic conclusion: If we keep this self destructive direction the end of the world might not be far off.
Our planet need a form of development which
takes place within the framework
laid down by Nature, and not at the expense of Nature and the
environment.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Maya
Gavric, entrepreneur, consultant, realtor, freelance writer,
web developer, artist and marketing coach has been
working, researching and reporting on the Internet for years. Her
numerous articles offer valuable insight and tips on wide variety of
topics. In recent times she has paid particular attention to knowledge
management on the Internet and environmental problems, exploring how
our attention to hot issues might best transform current situation into
better practice.
The "The Abundance Of Nature" reprinted with permission.
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