Indicate the hurdles in protecting water, soil, vegetation and wildlife.
Difficulty: Medium
Hurdles in protecting water, Soil, Vegetation and Wildlife:
Water:
- Underground water resources are decreasing due to unnecessary use of water. It may cause problems like unavailability of water in future.
- Traditional and old methods of irrigation and farming are wasting water. Farmers should be trained as to how to use water.
- New water reservoirs (dams etc) are not constructed. It is causing massive water shortage and water wastage.
- While irrigating fields, a huge amount of water is wasted because canals and water channels are not cemented.
- We have no proper system of water shortage. As a result, a huge quantity of water goes unused and finally falls into the sea.
Soil:
- The population of our country is increasing rapidly, whereas cultivated areas are decreasing.
- Salinity and water logging are affecting our soil very badly.
- Old and traditional methods of farming are used. It is not possible to increase the average yield of crops by using these methods.
- The fertility of soil decreases because same crops are grown repeatedly.
- Industrial and domestic wastage is affecting our soil.
Vegetations:
- Unnecessary cutting of trees is resulting in a decrease of forests.
- Lack of rainfall is causing problems in growing forests.
- Increasing saline and water logging are decreasing the area of forests.
- Diseases of trees are also a cause of forests destruction.
- Environmental pollution is affecting the forests badly.
Wildlife:
- Illegal hunting of wild animals and birds may cause a decline in the population of wildlife.
- Rapidly depleting water resources are affecting wildlife.
- Cutting down forests is also affecting wildlife.
- Rapid growth in the human population is also having negative effects on wildlife.
- The number of domestic animals in increasing. It is causing a decrease in pastures. So, the wildlife is affected.
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