Destruction of the Environment

Rapid human development and industrialization has had a severe impact on nature as a whole.
To keep the Earth habitable for future generations, we must develop sustainably.

History

Around 20,000 years ago humans consisted of less than a million hunter-gatherers living in small tribes.
Although our lives were difficult, we could live indefinitely on the land.
Everything we consumed could be replenished.
However, after inventing agriculture the human population began to rapidly expand.
To solve problems we have altered the world significantly enough to warrant the naming of an unofficial new epoch, the Anthropocene.
All of our actions has destroyed the balance of nature, warranting a change in our ways in order to continue living.
Although human populations have slowly begun to decrease in developed countries, we still need to make the switch to sustainable production and renewable energy as fast as possible.
This is due to the fact that there are many developing countries that still have rapidly increasing populations which destroy the environment in order to sustain their population, just like developed countries have been doing.

Over 3 trillion trees have been cut.
About 50% of all marine life has been lost in the past 40 years.
From 2001 to 2022, 459 million hectares of forest have been lost.
There has been about a 70% drop in wildlife since the 1970s.
Livestock (62%) and humans (34%) make up a total of 96% of all biomass on Earth, meaning that only 4% of the biomass on Earth is wild animals.
If we continue developing destructively, this situation will only get worse.
Now people are responsible for the survival of nature, which in turn determines our own survival.

Some scientists think that people have changed the world significantly enough for the era we are currently are in to be called the Anthropocene.
Although this idea has recently been rejected, it stands as an important symbol of our impact on the planet.
The unofficial interval of geologic time would last from about 2.6 million years ago to the present.

Making our living sustainable; changing our lifestyles to be less resource and energy-intensive.
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources: nuclear, wind, hydroelectric, etc.
Sustainable food production, less of a dependency on livestock.
Sustainable and efficient transportation (less billionaires flying in jets).
Regulations on fishing and improving ocean management.
Protecting and promoting biodiversity.

Sources

https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/global/