The Status, Predicament and Countermeasures of Global Ecological Crisis

Abstract:

With the rapid development of science and technology, human cognition towards the nature has obtained great progress. They have created abundant wealth and caused serious damage to nature as well. The extent of environmental pollution has never been serious than ever before. Bad behaviors from human have initiated a series of global problems, such as natural resources shortage, ecology imbalance, population expansion, air pollution, water pollution, desertification, species extinction, acid rain, global warming, climate change, and so on. These problems have conversely threatened the existence and development of contemporary human beings and deeply influenced the development of society and its future generations. The aim for this paper is to analyze the roots of ecological crisis and explore the roadmap of harmonious development of human and nature in order to achieve sustainable development.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 807-809)
• Pages: 835-838
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.807-809.835
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Li Jiang, Xiang Lin He, Erkki Hiltunen
• Keywords: Countermeasure, Global Ecological Crisis, Predicament, Status

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