The ozone layer where the ozone concentration is higher,can prevent
overmuch solar ultraviolet from harming the living creatures on the
earth.The depletion of the ozone layer had increased the skin cancer
by 26%
The pollution and transfer of the waste are problems caused by indiscriminate
waste discharge from production and life,inclduing the exhaust gas、waste
liquor and solid waste,all of which seriously pollute the air、river、lake、sea
and terrestrial environment as well as harm people's health seriously.The
hazardous waste dumped by the developed countries to the sea and the
developing countries direcly pollute these places and do harm to the
health of the local people.According to statistics,every year from
cities there is more than 6 billion garbage which covers an area of
0.5 billion square meters awaiting final disposition,and the urban
per capita annual garbage is as much as 440kg.
Water is the fountain of life.Water seems to be everywhere,but the
shortage of drinking water poses a threat to human existence.Currently,the
annual water consumption reached 7,000 million cubic meters,accompanying
water scarcity-a wake-up call for the whole human race.According to
the Global Water Quality Monitoring Project,about 10% of the monitored
rivers are polluted.And statistics from the UN show that currently
there are over 100 countries and regions in soaring demand for domestic
water,among which there are 43 countries having a serious water shortage-a
threat to the existence of 2 billion people mainly distributed in
Africa and the Middle East area.Many scientists predicted that water
would become the scarcest resources over the 21st century.And people
never wish to see their tears becoming the last drop of water on earth.
Forests,with an indispensable regulating effect towards the environment,are
halled as "the lungs of the earth" and“the dispatching center
of nature”.In order to meet the import demand of the developed countries
and to meet the developing demand of farming and animal husbandry
of the developing countries,large areas of forest has been consumed.The
earth,asked for incontinently by mankind,is in a critically endangered
status.
The biodiversity decline is a phenomenon of endless loss of all species
caused by the destruction of ecological balance、overdevelopment of
resources、environmental pollution and the introduction of foreign
species.Most experts agree that 25% of the living creatures will be
endangered during the next 20 to 30 years,and 5% to 15% species may
die out during the 30-year period from 1990 to 2020,which means that
40 to 140 species become extinct per day.
Land degradation and desertification is a process in which the land is downgraded and is turned into desert gradually caused by overstocking 、excess reclamation、deforestation and a series of natural factors.In the past 20 years the number of the population suffering from starvation has risen from 0.46 billion to 0.55 billion because of land degradation and desertification.