Posts Tagged ‘protection’

Everyone is responsible for protecting the environment.

Friday, October 30th, 2009
As has been pointed out before, air pollution is becoming more and more serious in large cities.  As the capital city, Beijing’s atmosphere condition draws extensive concern.
It is well known that factories, vehicles and smokers are three major factors contributing to air pollution in Beijing.  Due to the rapid growing economy and heating demand of the city, many new factories have been set up.  The chimneys of these factories and waste product abandoned by them threaten the atmosphere.  The number of private cars can be considered as the sign of prosperity of a city, yet the increasing number of private cars causes a great many problems.  As for Beijing, air pollution is a seriously negative impact imposed by the increasing number of private cars.  Smoke is another contributory factor of air pollution in Beijing, not only theatens the health of the human body, but also brings out environment promblems.
Beijing government has brought out a more strict criteria of emission of waste gas and enhance the punishment to those who go against it.  At the same time, they bulit more and more subway lines to relieve the traffic burden, as well as the pollution from private cars.  Meanwhile, they encourage people to use public transportation as much as possible.  However, protecting the environment is not only the government’s duty.  It concerns every individual in the society.  It is everyone’s responsibility.  We should put more lessons about environment protection in our education too.

The Need to Protect a Newly Discovered Large Population of Lowland Gorillas

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society conducting a recent census in the northern part of the Republic of Congo discovered a vast population of western lowland gorillas alive and flourishing.  The new population number of 125,000 gorillas doubles the amount of gorillas previously estimated in the 1980’s.  Scientists attribute the population numbers to the remoteness of their location which naturally sheltered the gorillas from threats such as habitat loss and hunting.  Another attributing factor to the high gorilla numbers is the conservation efforts that were instituted in Northern Congo years ago by the government.  The Congolese government established the Nouabale-Ndoke National Park and the Lac Tele Community Reserve to help protect the fauna and flora of the region and they also worked with logging companies to decrease illegal hunting.  To ensure the continual survival of these lowland gorillas, the region needs to vigilantly apprehend illegal logging trucks and establish anti-poaching squads throughout the area.

The Reason for the Existence of Stupid Laws

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

However hard we may try to wish them away, stupid laws seem to stay with us. There are an umpteen number of stupid laws that may seem to have been formulated by the concerned authorities without any rhyme or reason, but may actually be having one. Take the laws governing the sale of pharmaceutical drugs in many countries. The laws clearly mention that one can purchase such drugs only on producing a physician’s prescription. Although this law may seem stupid for some, it actually offers protection against potential harm through self-medication. Similarly there are many other laws which may look stupid but would be serving a purpose that would be actually beneficial to us.