ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Environmental Degradation



Environmental Degradation

Environmental Degradation

It refers to a state or change in the environment which is undesirable. It involves slow and continuous process of deterioration of the environment through the diminution of resources like water, soil and air. Moreover, extinction of wildlife and deterioration of ecosystems also includes in the list of environmental degradation. According to a report of High Level Threat panel of the United Nations, environmental degradation is included in the list of Ten Threats. A number of organizations including the United Nations (the UN Environment Program and the UN Development Program), The World Resources Institute (WRI), and ...