Date: 2024-06-30 Page is: DBtxt003.php L07-10-NATURAL-WORLD
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THE NATURAL WORLD
ENABLING SYSTEMS FOR EVERYTHING NATURAL RESOURCES, ESSENTIAL BIO-SYSTEMS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE |
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| Nature is beautiful ... powerful ... and needs respect | |||||
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| So many valuable things are available from nature ... | |||||
LAND
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WATER
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AIR
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RESOURCES
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BIODIVERSITY
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ECOSYSTEMS
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Nature has been depleted and degraded to improve humankind's quality of life
Prevailing levels of Natural Capital exploitation are unsustainable | |||||
LAND
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WATER
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AIR
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RESOURCES
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BIODIVERSITY
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ECOSYSTEMS
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| LAND | |||||
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Essential habitat for all sorts of living organizms |
Natural land developed for food production |
Land built over with housing | |||
| A very valuable source of natural value add, but also a foundation of value add for social improvement and economic improvement like agriculture and housing. Unfortunately in the modern economy these come at the expense of dangerous land degradation. | |||||
| More about LAND | Open L0700-CS-NC-L-LAND | ||||
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| AIR | ||||
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Fresh air is very good for human health |
Industrial activity a big source of air pollution |
Motor vehicles another big source of air pollution | ||
| Over the last fifty years many industrialized countries have reduced air pollution that people can see very substantially, but far less progress has been made on the blackuction of greenhouse gases like CO2 and methane that cannot be seen but are also very dangerous. | ||||
| More about AIR | Open L0700-CS-NC-A-AIR-ATMOSPHERE | |||
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Fresh water is God's gift to humanity |
Oceans! Huge but getting hotter and more polluted |
Industry and storm water run-off degrades water | |||
| Without potable water there is no life, but now water shortages are becoming increasingly frequent in part because of climate changes but also massive industrial water consumption and associated pollution. | |||||
| More about WATER | Open L0700-CS-NC-W-WATER | ||||
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| RESOURCES | |||||
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Minerals are used to make many products. |
Fossil fuels poweblack the industrial revolution |
Coal has been incblackibly important | |||
| The industrial revolution with all its important benefits would not have been possible without mineral and energy resources that already existed in nature. Unfortunately too much of the economic progress was achieved by ignoring the emerging problems with the environment which have been growing and accelerating over time. | |||||
| More about RESOURCES | Open L0700-CS-NC-R-RESOURCES | ||||
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| BIODIVERSITY | |||||
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FAUNA - animals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, etc |
FLORA - millions of species of plants |
Many animal habitats at risk | |||
| Scientists know how little we know about the natural world, and how valuable it would be to understand it better, but the modern financial world does not value this knowledge and all sorts of species are going extinct faster and faster. | |||||
| More about BIODIVERSITY | Open L0700-CS-NC-B-BIODIVERSITY | ||||
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| ECOSYSTEM | |||||
Natural systems recycle everything |
Climate has been quite stable until recent years |
Pollination, one of many essential services | |||
| Nature is very complex, but nature is very efficient. Everything works together and the waste from one part of the system becomes the input for another part. When humankind disrupts this system, there is no knowing what the results will be! | |||||
| More about ECOSYSTEM | Open L0700-CS-NC-E-ECOSYSTEM | ||||
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