ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION


 

World Environment Day is one of the biggest days of recognition for encouraging people worldwide to save and protect our environment from different environmental challenges the world is facing today. The world environment is also  “Peoples Day” which is a day to do something to take of our in environment . It is an important platform for promoting the dimension of environmental Sustainable Development Goals.

World Environment Day’s focus this year is on ecosystem restoration and its theme is Reimagine. Recreate. Restore. Ecosystem restoration means preventing, halting and reversing this damage – to go from exploiting nature to healing it. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the tops of mountains to the depths of the oceans.

Ecosystems are the web of life on Earth and provide us with priceless benefits. People and planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Our planet’s ecosystems are today threatened by climate change, nature loss, overexploitation and deadly pollution. Unless we take transformative actions to protect and restore our ecosystems, we will not only destroy the landscapes we love, but also weaken the foundation of our very own well-being.

What is an Ecosystem?

Ecosystems are defined as the interaction between living organisms – plants, animals, people – and their surroundings. This includes nature, but also human-made systems, such as cities or farms.

Ecosystem changes are caused by factors like overexploitation of natural environment, destruction of habitats, invasive alien species, extinction of species etc.  Continued degradation of ecosystemsworldwide is affecting about 40% of the global population or 3.2 billion people, who are losing access to fertile land or not getting safe drinking water, according to UNEP.

In this context, it is important that the theme of World Environment Day 2021 this year is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ with focus on a campaign to ‘Reimagine. Recreate. Restore’. Ecosystem restoration is about recovering degraded or destroyed ecosystems and also conserving healthy ecosystems. “Just as we caused the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis and the pollution crisis, we can reverse the damage that we’ve done; we can be the first generation to reimagine, to recreate and to restore nature to kickstart action for a better world,” notes a message by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP.

 



Reference:

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/world-environment-day-2021-the-inheritance-of-loss/2265843/lite/

 

 

 

 


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