关爱大自然(CaringForNature) Whatisnature?It’severythingthatexistsintheworldindependentlyofpeople,suchaspantsandanimals,earthandrocks,andtheweather。Nowmoreandmorepeoplearefocusingonthenature。Itisnodoubtthatthenatureisimportanttoeveryhumanbeing。Nonature,nolife。Becauseofthesuppliesofthenature,wehavelivedhappilyforalongtime。Andwestartedtogaineverythingavailablefromthenature。Andthislastedsolongatime。Today,peoplehavediscoveredthatthenaturearoundisgettingworseandworse。 Whatisthreateningthenature?Airandwaterpollution,overharvestingofplantandanimalspecies,overpopulationandsoon。Overpopulationisthebiggestsourceofpollution。Let’stakeoverpopulationasanexample。 Whatdoesoverpopulationfeellike?Whenwemoveslowlythroughthecityinatazi。Whenweenteracrowdedslumdistrict。Whenthetemperatureishighandwhentheairisthickwithdustandsmoke。Thestreetsarecrowdedwithpeople。Thestreetsseemalivewithpeople。Peopleeating。Peoplewashing。Peopletalking。Peoplesleeping。Peoplevisitingeachother,arguingandscreaming。Peoplerelievingthemselves。Peoplepushingtheirhandsthroughthetaxiwindows,begging。Peopleleadinganimals。People,people,people,people。Aswedriveslowlythroughthecrowd,soundingthetaxi’shorn,thedust,heat,noiseandcookingfiresmadeitlikeascenefromhell!Iadmit,frightening。 Tothenature,overpopulationisabigproblem。Morepeople,morepollution。Andthebigpopulationisthreateningthenatureeverysecond。 Therapidriseinworldpopulationisnotcreatingproblemsonlyforthedevelopingcountries。Thewholeworldfacestheproblemthatrawmaterialsarebeingusedupatanincreasingrateandfoodproductioncannotkeepupwiththepopulationincrease。Peopleinrichcountriesmaketheheaviestdemandsontheworld’sresources,itsfood,fuelandland,andcausethemostpollution。AbabybornintheUnitedStateswilluseinhislifetime30timesmoreoftheworld’sresourcesthanababyborninIndia。Unlessallthecountriesoftheworldtakeunitedactiontodealwiththepopulationexplosiontherewillbemoreandmorepeoplefightingforashareoflessandlessland,foodandfuel,andthefuturewillbringpoverty,miseryandwartousall。 Formostofthedevelopingcountries,itisagoodideatocontrolthepopulationgrowth。Forexample,Chinahascarriedoutbirthcontrolforyears。Andthisplanhasagreateffectontheworldpopulation。 Ifthepopulationcontinuestoincrease,iftheairandwatercontinuetobepolluted,ifwedon’tdosomethingtoprotectwildplantandwildlifespecieswillbedeclining。Speciesandbiologicalcommunitieshavedifficultyadaptingtochange。Economicopportunitiesandthequalityoflifeoffuturegenerationsarealsoputatrisk。Byprotectingnature,weprotectourselves。 Let’sunitetogether,handinhandwestandallacrosstheland。 Wecanmakethisworldinwhichtolive。Handinhand。Controlthepopulationgrowth。Takegoodcareofournature。