Due to the current civilization progress in recent decades, acceleration of the development of industry, automotive, urban agglomerations, intensification of agricultural production, etc. and related greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, ozone layer depletion in the atecologicalecologicalmosphere, increase of environmental pollution, growing problem of smog in urban agglomerations, the increase in pollution of the seas and oceans to which unsorted waste is thrown away is cut out as part of the predatory economy of tropical forests in the Amazon and other largest natural forest ecosystems.
In addition, the secondary effect of global warming of the Earth's climate is the increasing, more frequent weather anomalies, including drought, leading to steppe and desertification of areas that were previously natural forest ecosystems or areas exploited by agriculture.
As a result of the above-mentioned processes, every year many species of flora and fauna disappear forever.
As a result, natural biodiversity diminishes, which for millions of years evolved evolutionally on Earth.
In this way the natural resources of the planet Earth are irretrievably in decline.
In view of the above, the issue of environmental protection and biodiversity is one of the most important challenges of humanity in the 21st century.
Classical economics must change towards a green economy based on the strategy of sustainable pro-ecological development.
Therefore, I am asking you for the following query:
How can environmental protection and biodiversity be improved by using current ecological technologies?
Please, answer, comments.
I invite you to the discussion.
Best wishes
Expanding the electric and solar car industry and working to improve the metro in developing countries I think this has a big role in eliminating a large part of the pollution. This is in addition to developing the use of clean energy mechanisms
A common platform to be shared by researchers, politicians, and common mass
Public awareness and increase of protected areas is better for this purpose rather than technologies.
This is really a very good question and complex as well.We know that if we discuss about industry, probably polution there is in a big way.There are so many discussion held Globally to reduce the emission of GHG.Protocals have been framed and all the country pressing hard to limit or arrest the process of GHG emission. Civilization itself is contradictory or rather inverse relationship with the enviormental protection.Destruction or conversion of resources is a natural procees of development.
So far as agricultural situation is concerned this is more serious as agricultural production is dirrectly related with food security and political stability of the country.
So, balance is very much essential to matain the biodiversity and environmental protection.
In agriculture, throuhout the globe emphasis is given on organic agriculture. Instead of synthetic fertilizer and plant protection chemical organic materials are available and supposed to be used. But in populace country it is difficult to maintain the food security.Hunger is a major threat to those countries having higher rate of population growth, land-mn ratio going down under this change scenario they often compromise with the situation despite the fact knowing fully well about the harmful effect of chemical and that cuses harm to the enviornment,natural and human resources as well. Need is to make proper balance withput hampering the food security. Indegenous knowledge coupled with modern techniques,recycle of waste, zero energy cool chamber,zero tillage and practices of low energy sustainable agriculture.
But who will bell the cat,farmers are free to adopt or not to adopt as it is totally private property .Attempts are being made to abreast them, sensitize them, trained them to play a proactive role for protection of environment to maintain sustaiable livelihood.
Profit is a word for which one can compromise,destruct,extract vigorously the natural resources knowingly or unknowingly the consquences. Poltical leaders,scientists, and other stakeholders should come forward to implement the existing law, if it is inadequate formulate new policy or to take stringent measure against violaters for protection of planet earth. Otherwise, humanity will be in crisis so to all living creatures.
But still one thing I firmly believe that " Nature has a masical way of filling the world with wonders" (Unknown).
1. The community needs to be better informed about the types and possibilities of applying environmental protection technologies
2. It is better to inform the community about the impact of individual industries on the environment
3. Financially support environmental protection measures by the state
Dear Professor Prokopowicz: May I propose the way I think.
It should be determined a ratio between private smallholders and private production in agriculture. This may be 250 percent private small holders, and 75 large companies. Large companies profuce the great majority of products of meals for the mankind, but the smallholders produce various extremal, fine, biodivrese types of meals and other products.
Thanks for your good question. With best regards from Budapest. Szaniszlo Berczi
Correction: of course I wanted to write 25 % small holders, and 75 % large companies. Sorry
First we need to do public awareness, using green energy and development. Protection of valuable and rare species together with sustainable development. Then ecological technologies come after that.
Dear Prof. D P.
We have been trying to evolve holistic remediation by 6 Nos. Green initiatives at any small campus .
Similar natural initiatives are done in larger scale at larger sites viz. small urban wards etc.
We wish my attachment is reviewed and discussed.
Well wishes.
Ajit Seshadri.
In Australia we use mapping technology and aerial photography extensively to show areas of high conservation value, searchable by area or species flora and fauna record databases enable us to predict the likelihood of an endangered species using an area. All of these things are established by the state governments, and rare plants and animals are supposed to be protected. However, one factor that effects the use of this technology is politics. So we know who and what is going extinct and where it is thanks to this technology, but when certain political parties get into power we see a winding back or a watering down of the strength of the laws protecting them. Maybe we need more people going into politics that have a science background, or that at least value science.
For the technological advancements be more meaningful or to effectively contribute to the environmental protection and biodiversity conservation, there is a need to focus on enhancing ecocentric perspectives in humanity. If not, at least work on balancing ecocentrism and anthropocentrism. My view is that there has been more emphasis on enthropocentrism by many societies, hitherto.
In India lot of agricultural lands occupied by real estate people and spoiling the green field. One family one house system should be implement by government to save the agricultural land. one more things we should avoid pet bottles and plastic wrapped foods,grains cereals etc.,
Please have a look at these useful links.
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/30/what-you-can-do-to-protect-biodiversity/
Article Integrating technologies for scalable ecology and conservation
https://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/sustainability/eco/biodiversity.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/archive/biodiversity.htm
Article Global Warming Mitigation Through Carbon Sequestrations in t...
Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
The above discussion inspired me to the following considerations:
Innovations in energy technologies are being developed, technologies for renewable energy sources, electromobility, waste segregation, purification of contaminated water in rivers, ecological material innovations, eg replacement of plastic packaging for biodegradable materials, etc. are developed and improved. All this constitutes an element of systemic sustainable pro-ecological economic development based on the concept of green economy. Thanks to the dissemination of systemic sustainable ecological development in the future, it will be possible to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate and increase the scale of environmental protection and biodiversity. Dissemination of systemic sustainable ecological development in the near future can save the planet Earth, many species of plants, animals and people from destruction, which may occur at the end of the 21st century, if the above-mentioned pro-ecological reforms are not introduced universally, globally, ie in all countries. Do you agree with my opinion? In connection with the above, I would like to ask you: According to you, which eco-innovations are the most important for future protection of the environment and biodiversity? Which ecological innovations do you think should be developed universally and to the greatest extent possible? Please reply Best wishes
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The protection of the environment and biodiversity can be improved by making use of current ecological technologies in various ways, such as:
Through the use of satellite tracking equipment to monitor endangered, vulnerable, critically endangered, threatened species such as chigüire, reptiles (Crocodylus acutus, Crocodylus intermedius), birds (Ardea alba, Eudocimus ruber, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, Phalacrocorax olivaceus), panda, felines (Panthera onca, Panthera leo and Puma concolor), whales, dolphins, turtles, fish (salmon), among others and obtain information about their migratory routes (displacements, tours, occupation of territories), habitats, eating habits, seasons and breeding sites, population density (by means of the method of capture and recapture of the specimens of each species). This methodology also applies to introduced or exotic (invasive) species as well as to those native or native species of which this type of biological and ecological information is unknown.
By means of remote sensing technology (for example, LANDSAT satellite images) for the characterization of landscape units or vegetation formations, vegetation cover, changes in land use, determination of impacted or disturbed areas (burning, felling, desertification or desertification) , floods), fragmentation of habitats; as well as making use of the NDVI (Normalized Differences Vegetation Index) and the ENVI (Environment for Visualizing Images) program. This allows determining and identifying units of landscape and plant formations for monitoring and the state in which both geographical areas and primary ecosystems (virgins) and secondary plant communities modified by tensioning agents or disturbances are located. Similarly, remote sensors allow comparing and differentiating plant communities that are in different stages of succession (stages serales) and after their diagnosis is allowed to estimate the time they take to recover and reach again its stage of Climax community according to the level of intensity and frequency of the disturbance that it has received.
Making use of powerful computers and software that allow simulations and estimates of the probable dates of the occurrence and incidence of natural events such as El Niño, La Niña, tsunamis, global warming and climate change. As well as the use of this technology will be used to carry out calculations, estimates, forecasts and projections on the consequences, effects and the level of impact they will have on biodiversity and the functioning of the planet's natural and urban ecosystems.
In the context of the above considerations, the following question is also current:
To what extent does the development of eco-innovation and renewable energy improve the protection of the environment, natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity?
In my opinion, the development of innovative ecological technologies and eco-innovations as well as renewable energy sources and their implementation into economic processes is a growing important factor of sustainable green economic development based on the green economy concept.
In a situation where pro-ecological innovations are developed, including energy-related innovations, including new technologies of renewable energy sources, then pro-development anti-crisis, Keynesian socio-economic policy obtains additional attributes of modernity taking into account the protection of natural resources of the environment, protection of natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity.
In this situation, the classic pro-development anti-crisis, Keynesian social and economic policy is transformed into an ecological socio-economic policy implemented into the economy as part of the promotion of sustainable proecological socio-economic development taking into account the new green economy principles, including care for the protection of natural environmental resources, protection natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:
To what extent does the development of eco-innovation and renewable energy improve the protection of the environment, natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity?
Please reply
I invite you to discussion and scientific cooperation
Thank you very much
Best wishes
In the context of the progressive warming of the Earth's climate, the following question is of particular importance:
How to increase the effectiveness of environmental protection programs, natural ecosystems and biodiversity?
Protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development?
In the context of growing and increasing environmental pollution and declining areas of natural ecosystems, the importance and need to improve environmental protection systems, natural ecosystems and biodiversity is increasing. Biodiversity is one of the most important issues of natural ecosystems and life on Earth. Maintaining high biodiversity on Earth should be a challenge and one of the main goals of human functioning on the Earth in the 21st century and in subsequent centuries.
In connection with the above, protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable ecological development. In some countries, the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development is implemented successively, primarily in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation techniques and recycling development. However, in many countries these issues are still insufficiently developed.
Still too small financial resources are allocated in many countries for the development of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation and recycling techniques. In addition to the private sector, besides enterprises implementing ecological innovations, it is necessary to increase expenditures and develop strategic pro-ecological reform projects, including restructuring of the mining industry of minerals supplying classic energy sources and development of energy based on renewable energy sources. This development should be supported and coordinated by environmentally friendly state intervention, and due to the high investment costs of construction of power plants producing electricity from renewable energy sources should be co-financed from the state public finance funds.
In this way, it will be possible to slow down the ongoing global warming process in the 21st century and thus slow down the process of devastating the natural environment, draining green areas characterized by high biodiversity. Biodiversity is a very important issue in the context of the analysis of ecology, sustainable development and the protection of the natural environment, including, in particular, the natural positions of biologically complex ecosystems, i.e. those that are characterized by high biodiversity. Maintaining biodiversity of natural ecosystems is one of the most important problems and tasks for people in the 21st century.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In the context of the above considerations, the following question is still valid:
How to increase the effectiveness of environmental protection programs, natural ecosystems and biodiversity?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Through sustainable development, and maintaining ecological balance
Dear Researchers.
Ideally if all remediation be it be for waste water-ww or solid waste- sw to be done with fail- safe systems.
A working system could be planned, designed to have a back-up or standby units so that the system never fails.
Hence the best mode of remediation/ treatment is by using natural mode, ie that always happens and never fails.
It can have also some reserve capacity to cater to peak load times Etc.or when being maintained.
Well wishes.
The big corporations do not want anything that will help the environment and put then out of business. They are connected to the people in power all around the world and that is why no matter what we do, we will never win because humans are like sheep, they can be lead to slaughter and wouldn't even know it! How do I know this? Because the power of greed will out do compassion any day of the week! You can't stop driving, cutting down forest, dumping waste(all kinds) in our oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. We even have trash in space, that's how bad we are! So as long as greed lives in the heart of every man, woman and child, there will be no fixing anything and we will watch our own demise because we refuse to stop doing bad things to the planet and people!
Governments should start to think towards giving rewards and incentives to people dwelling in the rural areas for forest protection, biodiversity conservation. Indeed, many of them derive their livelihood from the forest ecosystem through logging of wood, hunting or poaching of animals, slash and burn system of agriculture, and the use of other forest resources. The payments will serve as a way of reducing their dependence on these ecosystems which are gradually being destroyed.
Through sustainable development by maintaining balance better biodiversity and environment
In the context of the progressive warming of the Earth's climate, the following question is of particular importance:
What do you think is the importance of biodiversity in natural ecosystems?
Biodiversity is diverse in virtually unlimited degree, which results from the essence of processes of evolution of species, filet lines and entire ecosystems. It is thanks to the millions of years of evolutionary processes on Earth that there are so many different natural and highly diverse ecosystems in which different species of flora, fauna, fungi and microorganisms adapt to life in different and very diverse geographical and climatic environments.
The largest biodiversity of ecosystems and species functions in natural environmental environments in which ecosystems have evolved without human impact through millions of years of climatic and geographical conditions enabling the development of various life forms. These types of high biodiversity sites can be found in unpolluted rainforest ecosystems in tropical forests, in temperate climates and in coral reefs.
Unfortunately, human civilization activity contributes to the successive and accelerating process of biodiversity reduction by dying out species of living organisms. The areas of natural natural ecosystems are decreasing, including those in which the greatest biodiversity is diagnosed, such as the rainforests of the Amazon. The protection of naturalistic ecosystems and thus the protection of the planet's biodiversity is the most important challenge for mankind in the 21st century.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:
What do you think is the importance of biodiversity in natural ecosystems?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Dear Researchers.
Taking the key points given by @Rajinder Jindal , I wish to state that wherever and whenever, there is development and environmental elements becomes deficient , then remedials are to be evolved .
This sets in a bio- process in bringing up bio diversity in those regions, in balance and also certain improvements and resrve provisions are done.
If all the practices are progressed in this manner, global warming can be prevented Etc.
For eg. if trees are cut. then 5 times the number are placed in the region, to off set the degradation.
Practices can be followed of trans planting fully grown trees ( more than 5yrs )
Well wishes.
In view of the above, it is also important to include in the above discussion also the following issue:
How do ecological innovations co-create the implementation of sustainable pro-ecological economic development?
In the coming years, humanity should carry out pro-ecological reforms of the classic energy based on the burning of minerals by converting it into environmentally friendly energy based on renewable energy sources. It should be possible to allocate as much as possible to this environmentally-friendly transformation of the energy industry because what will be realized in this matter over the next dozen or so years depends on the pace of the progressive and accelerating process of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Ecological innovations developed primarily in the field of new technologies of renewable energy sources are helpful in the process of proecological energy transformation.
Thanks to ecological innovations, the scope and possibilities of implementing sustainable ecological development are increasing. In connection with the progressing global warming process, it is necessary to develop eco-innovations in the field of renewable energy development, improvement of sorting techniques, recycling, electromobility, organic farming, plastic reduction from packaging and conversion of plastics to biodegradable materials, etc.
In this way, through the development of ecological innovations and their implementation on an industrial scale, it is possible to implement sustainable pro-ecological economic development in modern economies. This is a key challenge for humanity in the 21st century. It is a challenge to the necessary and possibly quick implementation in the coming years.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:
How do ecological innovations co-create the implementation of sustainable pro-ecological economic development?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
I think that it is not only a question of technology, but environments and biodiversity are protected by the way how humans organize themselves, what consumption pattern and levels we have, and how much rights we provide to the environment and biodiversity. To make this a technological question alone will not help at all.
How can environmental protection and biodiversity be improved by using current ecological technologies?
Environmental deterioration can happen owing to natural causes as well as human interference in nature. Besides knowing the general effects, trends and causative factors in ecological damages of all types in the planned study area/s, there is generally a lack of information on how the individual organisms of the areas concerned fare to the abrupt and chronic changes in the environment. These needed are to be studied for the major organisms concerned to make up a composite of tolerance, resistance etc leading to the survival/extinction of the organisms. These would come, after a general overall study of the concerned areas initially, as individual autecological/eco-physiological descriptions for the selected organisms, which will have to be put together as a composite study. This is a huge task as can be guessed, but primarily one has to select a few species to concentrate and later expand until the needs are reasonably met.
Dear Researchers:
How can environmental protection and biodiversity be improved by using current ecological technologies? - The Key Question to be addressed-
One good news in Indian forest information -
It says that that the lion count has increased, by 10 Nos. this is indeed favorable as that it is maintained. May be considered as valid information.
Another bad news is that at Allahabad, UP India, during festive season of 50 days, at Prayag on the banks of R Ganges,
60000 mT of solid waste,
5 times this amount of waste-water, and
smoke emissions from wood-cooking stoves Etc..
have evolved .
All this would have a devastating effect on environment.
Again we cite the key question :
How can environmental protection and biodiversity be improved by using current ecological technologies? - The Key Question.
It goes to prove that "action by mankind" however small or big
needs to be assessed before the actions are committed and done.
Reserving, a view that if diligent action is not done in time and the required correction/ remediation would take a very long time to take effect,
meanwhile consequentially the damages are compounding on the local bio-diversity and natural resources.
well wishes ,
My thoughts will be focused more on the developing countries which are still striving to improve their way of life, economy and poverty status. Lets look at the current policies where countries are looking at eradicating the use of gasoline/petrol operated cars to electrical cars. Yes, this will go a long way to reduce carbon emission and increase in GHG but then do you really think that the developing or under developed countries who are yet to even solve the problem of regular power supply/electricity(Maybe I should use a less word like more frequent electricity) will be able to achieve this eradication without a negative impact to their economy and way of life?
Having said this, I believe that environmental protection and biodiversity be improved by using current ecological technologies if the following can be achieved:
1. All the world leaders need to key into the fact that the effects of global warming and climate change are real.
2. Industries need to ensure that environmental sustainability forms a key part of all their processes, especially for the production and chemical processes.
3. Environmental Protection agencies need to be equipped with standard equipment and resources for environmental monitoring.
4. There should be a form of support for the developing and underdeveloped countries in terms of environmental management support such that the international environmental policies will not serve as a burden on their economic growth.
This and many more if integrated will not only support but will ensure that the use of the ecological technologies for environmental protection and biodiversity can be more effective.
In the context of the above considerations, the following question is also current:
How should nature conservation and biodiversity be developed?
In your opinion, how should nature conservation, biological ecosystems, individual species of flora and fauna and biodiversity be developed?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
By making proper use basic principles if ecology, like adopting sustainable use of resources., and by making efforts not to disturb the ecological balance in bioshere.
First to stop overgrazing, overhunting, soil clearance for agriculture and buildings for urbanization.
Therefore, in the context of the above considerations, the following important question appears:
In what directions are researching biological biodiversity currently going?
Do biological biodiversity research currently affect, among others, the following problems:
- Analysis of changes, usually poorer biodiversity of natural biological ecosystems under the influence of human activity,
- Does the depletion of biodiversity of natural ecosystems under the influence of human activity usually lead to disturbance of the biological balance shaped by millions of years?
- Does the decline in the number of species of flora and fauna, the loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems reduce the resistance of ecosystems to faster and faster changes in the Earth's climate?
- Will the ongoing changes in the Earth's climate, the ongoing global warming process change natural biological ecosystems, create new environments that can be studied in the context of accelerated processes of the evolution of biological ecosystems?
- Can changes in the biodiversity of natural ecosystems caused by the impact of human activity be considered as a continuation of the evolutionary process?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
technologies can help, but more important is how societies organize themselves, the willingness people show to protect the environment and to preserve biodiversity. As I wrote technology plays some role in this, but I consider other aspects more important.
In the context of the above considerations, the following question is also current:
How to increase the effectiveness of the institutional policy of nature protection and biodiversity?
How should the systems of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems be dispersed in order to increase the effectiveness of these systems and reduce the scale of degradation of the natural environment?
What do you think should be improved in nature conservation systems and biodiversity of natural ecosystems in addition to just increasing financial outlays on nature conservation policies conducted by government agencies and ministries of the environment?
A significant part of financial expenditures of nature conservation and biodiversity policy is devoted to the promotion of nature protection and natural environment protection issues. However, the effectiveness of this type of promotional campaigns is low, because without applying legal restrictions, enterprises do not change their technologies to be more ecological if they do not see in this business realized in a short time. Even the occasional UN climate summits in which government representatives from the majority of countries take part do not cause significant real changes in the policy of nature protection and biodiversity? Usually, the largest industrial economies in the world do not sign the obligations of rapid reduction of greenhouse gases and the issue of increasing spending on environmental innovation in the energy sector. Why, despite the growing scale of public awareness, there is no significant improvement in the implementation of nature conservation and biodiversity policy, there are no real measures that would result in a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the slowing of the global warming process?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Ecological technologies like Nature Conservation Management etc. and their progressive development are of utmost importance. But without any exception, all ecological problem we face (water scarcity, waste, energy and climate, acidification of the seas, wasteful landuse for meat production etc.) are, ultimately, a consequence of the number of human beings on earth. The main and FIRST decision must be an international agreement on birth reduction. Soon.
Hello Carsten, even when I can understand your argument I think that an agreement on birth control cannot be achieved: How would you do this: like in India under Indira Gandhi were women were forcefully sterilized, or in China, were having more than one child was punished. What will countries like Germany do, which provide incentives to have more children as there is negative population growth (population is declining and this causes severe challenges on labour markets, social security systems, pension scheme.....). We know that people who have achieved a particular standard of living have lesser children. Removing poverty thus is a self regulation to reduce population growth.
biodiversity is crucial to maintain ecologies. To take elements out (e.g. predators) changes the entire systems, benefits species that earlier were kept small in size and numbers and now became dominant and crowd out others.
Other issues are also that many useful uses arising from plants and animals might get lost when they disappear. E.g. many medicines are derived from bio-active substances of plants and animals. Many might not be even discovered by now and might disappears / e´get extinct before their useful properties are realized.
Having said this I am not sure, if I want to walk in the forest and suddenly run into a T Rex dinosaur
I think that education is the best technology that can be used for environmental protection.
Nature is that entity composed of three main internally interactive components: biodiversity–human–environment. These are triangularly related aspects of life science, and the interdependency of these three reflects the crucial need of maintenance of equilibrium in their interaction. Both human and biodiversity are two interactive phases of environment that provide a necessary platform for interaction. Being part of biodiversity, human life is almost dependent on biodiversity and its products. This is the point where the human–biodiversity interaction fluctuates due to overexploitation of biodiversity, where humans take more than the basic needs of human life. Over the past few centuries, this fluctuation in interaction has caused dramatic depletion of biodiversity and thus a drastic change in environment. This has now boomeranged on human life significantly. This variation in the interaction triangle has already travelled the long path of time. Until now, conservationists and life scientists are thinking of restoring the equilibrium in the interaction triangle by taking innovative steps in conserving biodiversity and protecting the environment.
Conservation Biology and Environmental Science are the hotspots of research activities over the past several decades. This has caused much-needed development in observing, identifying, gathering, storing, and analyzing information, social awareness, planning, and advancement in conservation tools and techniques. Conservation biologists have given more importance to building stronger networks of specialists and experts in biology, agriculture, food technology, medicine, mathematics, engineering, architecture, robotics, information technology, and other branches of science and technology to gain innovative ideas to successfully treat the threats to biodiversity and the environment.
technology can play a role, or technological improvements. When 20 years a ago a car consumed 10 liters of petrol for 100 km and emitted much co2 and other gases then we can see that technological advancements since then made engines more efficient (consuming less petrol) as well as cleaner. Also in fields of alternative energy we usually discuss technological change. I feel that there is a place for technology, but other aspects are equally important, if not even more important, e.g. aspects of green consumerism, aspects of how societies are spatially organized, etc.
Proecological technologies, which are an instrument of improvement of environmental protection and biodiversity of natural biological ecosystems, will be developed in the future in connection with growing environmental pollution, growing emission of greenhouse gases and the increasingly rapidly progressing global warming process. However, the key issue is financing the creation and implementation of pro-ecological technologies and eco-innovations to the industry. Will private sector companies be able to support the entire costs of financing the creation and implementation of pro-ecological technologies and eco-innovations to the industry? Will it also be necessary to permanently finance the implementation of the principles of sustainable pro-ecological economic development taking into account environmental protection and biodiversity of natural biological ecosites?
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
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In bio diversity protection of endangered species and ensure food for all animals, insects,birds,fishes etc
The environmental policy should be reformed in order to make more funds from the state budget for the implementation and dissemination of ecological innovations, including in the field of nature protection, development of renewable energy sources, electromobility, refinement and automation of waste segregation processes, recycling development, replacement of plastic from packaging for materials biodegradable, no dumping of rubbish for rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, development of organic farming, development of green areas, protection of natural biological ecosystems, development of sustainable smart cities, etc. Significant increase of public finance from public finances to ecological goals will increase the probability of sustainable development in the 21st century pro-economic economic development in line with the philosophy of transforming classical economics into green economy.
What do you think about this topic?
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
Please reply
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We need to protect insects diversity to attract “good” insects by planting pollen and nectar plants. https://www.bee-safe.eu/articles/bee-thoughts/pollinator-diversity-theres-no-one-fits-them-all/
1) Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
2) Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups in your community.
3) Educate. When you further your own education, you can help others understand the importance and value of our natural resources.
4) Conserve water
5) Choose sustainable. Learn how to make smart seafood choices at www.fishwatch.gov. Shop wisely.
6) Buy less plastic and bring a reusable shopping bag.
7) Use energy efficiently
8) Plant a tree. Trees provide food and oxygen. They help save energy, clean the air, and help combat climate change.
9) Don't send chemicals into our waterways.
10) Bike more. Drive less.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ocean/earthday.html
Effective suggestions for conservation of environment and natural resources, and for their sustainable use.
Sustainable conservation of living species in the target habitat, in situ and ex situ conservation .
I agree with Dr Ghada. M.Ismael Kamoona for the appropriate and brief explanations. To me also these are the only possible way to use ecological technologies for the protection of our environment.
I also agree with Dr Ghada. M.Ismael Kamoona for the appropriate and brief explanations. In addition in situ and ex situ conservation may help to gain the target. Mass education will also help in this respect.
ecological technologies which focus on sustainable developments can solve the problems of environment
Then we face a situation as unsolved question of
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_we_really_live_without_technology
In my opinion, there are too few public debates, and too little problem of global warming is spread in the media. In addition, there are too few scientific conferences on the negative current and potential future effects of the ongoing global warming process. Too little governments of individual countries from the state budget allocate funds for programs combating the global warming process, i.e. primarily for the ecological transformation of the energy sectors. A very negative effect of the progressing global warming process are more and more frequent weather anomalies and climatic disasters, above all the more frequent drought causing forest fires. Increasingly larger forest fire areas cause degradation of natural environments.
In view of the above, for example, currently (August 2019) there were forest fires of the Siberian Tundra at the Arctic Circle, fires of large areas of the Amazon rainforest, forest fires in many places in Europe and in many other places of other continents. This is another very negative effect of the more and more frequent drought and other weather anomalies being a derivative of the progressing global warming process. Droughts and fires very quickly cause impoverishment of biodiversity, soil sterility, degradation of natural environments, decline in the number of living organisms, extinction of many species of flora and fauna and other negative processes.
These fires, especially the Amazon rainforest fires in Brazil are very negative for the Earth's ecosystem due to climate change. The Amazon rainforests produce up to 20 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. oxygen. During current fires (end of August 2019), part of the Amazon rainforest with an area of ??1.5 football field burns every minute. the government in Brazil has announced that it does not have the resources to counteract this problem. It does not have enough firefighters and firefighting equipment to even try to put out the fire.
Unfortunately, this is a problem not only for Brazil but for the whole world. This is a global problem. The problem of the burning enormous rainforests of the Amazon rainforest should be the subject of urgent convening of a special UN conference as soon as possible, including the participation of many other international ecological organizations, governments of many countries, internationally operating financial institutions and industrial corporations capable of providing assistance and organizing measures and necessary actions to put out the fire as soon as possible. The Amazon rainforest fire is already a serious SOS signal for the Earth, for humanity, for the lives of many species of flora and fauna that the critical point caused by the global warming process has clearly been exceeded. This issue should be more publicized in the media.
There is probably not much time left for carrying out the necessary ecological reforms. Therefore, quick actions are necessary to extinguish this fire and implement in Brazil and other countries programs of systemic implementation of sustainable pro-ecological development in accordance with the green economy philosophy. It is not easy in the situation of a developing country, a country that is just developing its industry and technology in order to achieve a level of economic development similar to the level of income, equipment with technologies etc. in highly developed countries. Highly developed countries have pro-ecological technologies, pro-ecological innovations, including in the field of renewable energy sources, which should be transferred to developing countries that cannot afford to create these innovative, pro-ecological energy technologies on their own.
Developing countries, including Brazil, will not solve their problems resulting from climate change and do not have the financial resources to carry out ecological reforms and implement sustainable ecological development conducted in accordance with the green economy philosophy. Therefore, systematic international assistance is needed for Brazil and other developing countries, which lack funds for implementing eco-innovations and implementing ecological reforms, among others in the field of development of renewable energy sources and limiting the plundering economy of obtaining wood from the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest fires are a serious SOS signal sent by nature towards humanity. There is less and less time for the implementation of the necessary pro-ecological activities. Scientists, industrialists, entrepreneurs, bankers, politicians, the world of media, art and others should participate in debates, conferences, symposia, etc. in order to jointly develop effective solutions and instruments for programs to combat the faster global warming process.
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply
I invite you to discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Dariusz Prokopowicz
From my own point of view, fenced and protected lands under wise management is the solution.
Biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability: towards a ...
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by SJ Scherr
Technology has more negatives than the positives. Therefore use of technology might not be a lasting solution. Improving the biodiversity index is the best route because the ecosystem will take care of itself
Yes, I agree@ Brian Lutta "Technology has more negatives than the positives impacts.
In terms of our agriculture and forest we can look to utilizing them for counter weighing and transitioning away from our present fossil fuel economy.
We can increase preservation and restoration of biodiversity by focusing away from petrochemical inputs in the form of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers with a large carbon foot print. We need to phase out the worse of fossil fuels more to natural gas as a transition and optimize our renewable energy resources and energy conservation.
We can move to regenerative and organic agro forestry systems which focus on the soil sequestration ability of the system. This would measure monitor and increase our soil organic making theses systems mare able to withstand actual climate change in the form of our global warming.
The production of crops can more to no tillage, crop rotations, composting, and by product return to the soil and the incorporation of mixed agroforestry and the mixed animal and crop systems.
We can create a renewable fuel system from our primarty plant activity which is pyrolyzed to generate both immediate energy sources to reduce petroleum and fossil fuel dependence and to foster long term increase in soil carbon.
In sense of marine resources we can foster mangroves and coral reef restoration. The use of large global lime resource needs to be focused on our humid tropics to regenerate tropical acid infertile sources which can be utilized as engines of restoration.
The feeding fueling and improvement of our environment are not incompatible goals.
Doing these things focus on reducting our present emissions but also greatly increase our present and future greenhouse gas sequestrations.
The vast majority of the nation and world soils are not optimized for soil pH the improving of this reaction can both stimulate more biological productivity but also more biological diversity. Acid soils can be limed and the alkalines soils sulphured to achieve a more sweet spot for our agricultural environment. Next the fostering of soil productivity would look at identifying the natural deficiencies soils which are largely de mineralized. After this the focusing on erosion control diversity in the agricultural and forestry system and the focusing on soil organic matter which mitigates the effects of global warming and counteracts its presence in atmospheric greenhouse gas.
Help Native Pollinators.
Reduce or eliminate pesticides and fertilizer.
Restore habitat in your yard.
Restore habitat in your community.
Reduce your consumption.
Use sustainable technologies and Waste recycling will reduce emissions
Use natural vegetation that lives in the local area. Remove invasive species that can outcompete the native species. Restore grass savanna and the tree understory will diversify. Nature can heal itself if managed. It also stores carbon. When you cut your grass short, it removes all the root structures within the soil. Fertilizers places too many nitrates and we actually need the little bugs and microorganisms to enhance the soil.
The natural diversity in semi arid areas can be fostered by integrating the wind breaking systems of drought resistant mixed tree lines. The erosive effects of winds can be greatly reduced up to 10 times the height of the trees in a horizontal direction. A mixture of species with no more 10% of any type will help assure biological diversity. The needs for water from the reduced wind would reduce needs for irrigation. In the treelines the maintains of native mixed vegetation will preserve beneficial insects flora and fauna in the areas. Agricultural pastoral areas need focus on perennial grass legumes and composites with deep root systems which are pastured using an intensive rotation grazing to increase the root systems of the plants can maintain themselves and the carbon and nitrogen sequestration values are optimized. There is great ability to maintin and increase biodiversity by mixed agro pastoral and agro forestry systems which are designed to employ mixtures of key spaecies types.
Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG, In the context of increasingly faster climate change processes, increasing pollution of the natural environment, it is necessary to implement the principles of sustainable pro-ecological development as soon as possible in accordance with the green economy philosophy and to finance pro-ecological reforms from green finance sources. National and international financing systems for the creation and implementation of pro-ecological innovations and pro-ecological reforms in many branches of modern economies should be developed, primarily in the energy sector through the development of renewable energy sources. National and international systems for financing pro-ecological reforms in the green finance formula should be developed. In my opinion, in the future, the most important pro-ecological technologies that should be improved and implemented are renewable energy technologies based on solar energy. Solar power plants should be developed. Commercial banks should grant loans for these purposes. However, for commercial financing programs to develop, the role of the state as potentially the main financing entity for large pro-ecological energy projects is also important. Similarly with nuclear energy, which is so expensive to build, that without the support of financial resources from state finances it would often not be possible to build a nuclear power plant.
Commercial banks are interested in financing environmental projects, also referred to as green projects if they are profitable. In many countries, commercial banks grant business loans for carrying out green projects if the borrower has creditworthiness. It is increasingly common for commercial banks to finance green projects for marketing purposes and to improve their image in the context of interbank competition. In addition, the few, globally active, large investment banks that implement certain fundamental goals of international policy, such as the World Bank, declare that in the coming years they will increase the scale of financial resources allocated for financing ecological projects. In my opinion, both large investment banks and many smaller commercial and deposit-credit banks should increase the scale of financing pro-ecological projects from year to year. This issue is particularly important in connection with the ongoing warming of the Earth's climate. Global warming is recognized by many scientific centers as one of the greatest threats to humanity and life on Earth in the perspective of the end of the 21st century. Therefore, pro-ecological projects regarding e.g. development of renewable energy sources, reduction of classic energy sources based on mineral combustion, improvement of waste segregation techniques, recycling, development of electromobility, sustainable agricultural production, environmental protection, etc. should be developed with all possible means. which finance the processes of implementing pro-ecological reform programs, e.g. in the energy sector is the state that allocates part of the funds from the public finance system. Therefore, in some countries a significant part of GDP is allocated to carrying out ecological reforms and financing the development and implementation of ecological innovations in order to promote sustainable pro-ecological development in economic processes and the transformation of classical economy into a green economy.
In view of the above, I am asking you the following questions:
- How should financing for development of pro-ecological technologies be developed?
- What kind of institutions should participate in the financing process of pro-ecological technologies development?
- Should commercial banks increase the scale of financing pro-ecological projects?
- Should the state co-finance the implementation of pro-ecological reform programs, e.g. in the energy sector?
- What proportion of GDP should countries allocate to implementing sustainable pro-ecological development in economic processes designed according to the green economy concept?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
I invite you to discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The ocean is a big driver of climatic conditions and has been mistreated for centuries. I believe there is much need to study understand and repopulate the coral reefs of the world. This would help provide sequestration and improve the health of environmental support systems it will very important for low lying islands to be able to mitigate some of the effects of rising sea levels. The other area I see much need to repopulate the mangrove ecosystems of the world. These two areas have much potential to mitigate and counteract issues related with global warming. Now the issue will be to create the ways that they will generate both economic and ecological benefits.
@PaulReedHepperly
What economic processes if initiated would accomplish these priorities?
Can you share some sources that indicate the value/potential for coral reefs and mangrove forests in mitigating global warming issues?
-Very interested, thanks.
Through the use of renewable energies, alternative car fuels, integrated permits for the prevention and control of industrial pollution, efficient use of resources and the circular economy.
Nice to note the concept of RE, expanding @ Rozalina's notings have specifics of bikes and e- bikes, community mass transport. Even horse bullock camel carts where it can be had, should be mooted.
More plants and trees, use of recycled water and resources created ex sanitation route. Night soil or human sludges to be co composted and used in agri farms orchards Etc..
Youth volunteerism from school and college level for green intiatives to be encouraged..
Well wishes ..
The challenge is to improve our life without sacrifices. Eco life cannot be difficult because people will not use ecological technologies. That is why innovation is so important.
Thomas Anthony Troszak Right. So let's invent solutions eliminating plastics, coal etc. Innovation has no limits.
I do not pretend to make a statement but recent proposal made by Joseph Stiglitz to question reliability of references to GDP barometer as to the only criteria shaping further economic development efforts deserves additional discussions.
William Capell asked for some ideas on the economic value of mangroves or reefs in relation to sustainable economies.
Let me suggest a simple example of looking at potential for instance the value of agricultural cropping is much appreciated but the excess of nutrients from our present cropping system is associated with a 70% loss of brown shrimp at the mouth of the Mississippii River mouth. Well not as such value is often just ignored and not focused on.
In sustainable economies we need to system oriented and not have such simplistic economic models.
By focusing on the recovery of these environmental losses could better assess overall effects. In the case of our agricultural system the excess of nutrients can be approached by encouraging adoption of improved use of cover crops, integrated use of organic amendments, and integrated farming.
Our bottom lines need to include holistic assessments of health and environment effects on going as well as the economic outcome. These effects are part of systematic analysis. .
A second example would be the regeneration of coral reefs would understanding that our ability reverse the overall loss of reefs focusing on controllable causes here again agriculture is probably pretty important.
I hope to collect more information but value of reefs is vast considered their ability to provide fisheries tourism and environmental services and we are rapidly losing this potential by most measurements.
In the third case of mangroves their destruction could be addressed by identifying the sustainable uses which would give economic justification for a management of them rather that wholesale destruction. The mangrove managed sustainably could serve environmental education and economic purposes.
In the state I once lived Pennsylvania agriculture and tourism are the two chief businesses and the development of agro environmental educative tourism is a way to create win win win solution.
Sorry for such sketchy ideas but I believe this is a pretty open field and there is much need for more work and effort since not that focus has been on this compared to other topics.
Just some ideas.
In order to address our climate issues we need to start addressing the enriched greenhouse gas environment. This can be done with the following of IPCC recommendation of the moderation of emissions and the increasing of sequestrations. To do this we need to transition out of fossil fuels and build up the sequestrations in soil forests and marine environments. The crediting of sequestrations and the penalties for emissions could provide a carrot and stick approach. In terms of the sequestration I believe targeting the humid tropics with infertile acid soils and developing a pyrolysis to produce a biofuel for renewable electrical generation and the repatriation of the biochars to lime and regenerate acid infertile soil resources. This will promote reducing the fossil fuel need and provide sequestration and also build our food and fiber systems all which can be of great benefit to the environment economy and the climate. The priority of the research and development needed is demonstration projects which are coupled to dynamic economic analysis to verify and improve the core concepts and then the extension of education and policy to make it happen.
For as much as we would like to think we can fix everything, the truth is we cannot! Climate change as it is called is actually an inbalance of our planet. But even without it, we would still be dealing with nature. And nature, unbeknown to mankind for thousands of years have created the posion we are dealing with today. We pollute and contaminate and the rain falls on it then evaporates toxic ions into the atmosphere along with those already airborne. Over hundreds of years, we helped volcanoes create a more toxic, more dangerous acid rain and in the end, acid rain will become a real problem because as long as we keep doing what we are doing, the acid rain will compound itself in the soil making it difficult to farm. It will seep into our aquaifers, making it more difficult to clean for drinking. In time, earth's life giving water, will kill us all.
By identifying Ecological Sensitive Regions (Biodiversity rich regions) and providing appropriate protection trough involving stakeholders.
Article Salient Ecological Sensitive Regions of Central Western Ghats, India
Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG,
I suggest continuing the discussion on the following topic:
Pro-ecological reforms to improve nature protection systems and biodiversity.
Environmental reforms that result in an increase in the scale of processes, activities and development of nature protection and biodiversity systems.
The above discussion inspired me to formulate the following question:
Why are some countries still blocking pro-ecological reform processes, inhibiting the development of renewable energy sources, blocking reforms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blocking environmental reforms for nature protection and biodiversity?
On the basis of the above considerations and conclusions from the discussion on interesting issues discussed, I formulated the following thesis that it is necessary to develop a common, global pro-ecological policy of rapid reduction of greenhouse gases. The first step in this matter now wants to be made by the European Union, which plans to implement a plan to thoroughly reform the energy sector so that by 2050 in Europe all energy is based 100%. on renewable energy sources and all means of transport were zero-emission in terms of greenhouse gases, i.e. all cars, trains, public transport and intercity transport were based on electromobility and / or alternative energy sources, e.g. based on hydrogen fuels.
Below I have described the key determinants confirming the formulated research thesis. To the above discussion I would like to add the following conclusion formulated as a summary of my previous considerations on this topic: Environmental reforms, which result in an increase in the scale of processes, activities and development of nature protection and biodiversity systems.
A lot of scientific data from climatologists' studies indicates that the global warming process has entered a strong upward trend and perhaps humanity has little influence on the change in the pace of this process. However, regardless of this, we should do everything we can regarding the implementation of the principles of sustainable ecological growth, including the necessary ecological reforms, primarily in the energy sector by developing renewable energy sources, electromobility, development of organic farming, improving waste segregation techniques, recycling, etc. These reforms ecological ones implemented in accordance with the green economy philosophy are necessary to at least partially slow down the global warming process. We owe it to next generations, we owe it to our children and grandchildren. One of the key elements and goals of the green economy philosophy, i.e. primarily the implementation of pro-ecological reforms consisting in the implementation of the principles of sustainable pro-ecological economic development, is nature protection, protection of natural biological ecosystems, protection of terrestrial biodiversity and its preservation for future generations.
Biodiversity is diverse in nature, practically unlimited, which results from the essence of the evolution of species, fillet lines and entire ecosystems. It is thanks to millions of years of evolutionary processes on Earth that there are so many different natural and highly diverse ecosystems in which different species of flora, fauna, fungi and microorganisms adapt to living in different and very diverse geographical and climatic environments.
The largest biodiversity of ecosystems and species functions in natural environments where ecosystems have evolved without human influence over millions of years of climatic and geographical conditions enabling the development of various life forms. These types of sites of high biodiversity can be found in human rain ecosystems uncontaminated by rainforests, temperate forests and coral reefs.
Climate change, i.e. the ongoing global warmin process, drains many areas of the tropical and subtropical zone, and fresh water resources are therefore falling. This will probably be one of the most serious consequences and problems of the global warming process that is moving faster and faster. The issue of falling fresh water resources is one of the most serious problems and challenges for humanity in the 21st century. It is also a problem for biological ecosystems that undergo drying, and therefore biodiversity, including flora and fauna biodiversity on Earth is also decreasing.
Unfortunately, human civilization activity contributes to the gradual and faster process of biodiversity reduction through the extinction of species of living organisms. Areas of natural and natural ecosystems are decreasing, including those in which the greatest biodiversity is diagnosed, such as the Amazon rainforest. The protection of natural ecosystems and thus protecting the biodiversity of the planet Earth is the most important challenge for humanity in the 21st century.
Are biodiversity research currently addressing the following issues, among others:
- Analysis of changes, usually the impoverishment of biodiversity of natural biological ecosystems under the influence of human activities,
- Does the impoverishment of biodiversity of natural ecosystems under the influence of human activities lead to upsetting of biological balance shaped by millions of years?
- Does the decrease in the number of species of flora and fauna, impoverishment of biodiversity of natural ecosystems reduce the resistance of ecosystems to the rapidly changing Earth's climate?
- Does the progressive climate change of the Earth, the progressing process of global warming by changing the natural biological ecosystems create new environments that can be studied in the context of accelerated processes of evolution of biological ecosystems?
- Can changes in the biodiversity of natural ecosystems caused by human activities be considered a continuation of the evolution process?
For many years, the consumption of clean water and minerals of energy raw materials and strategic industrial raw materials such as metal ores necessary for various branches of the production industry has been growing at a geometric rate. On the other hand, there is also an increase in environmental pollution, environmental degradation through mines that extract energy minerals. There is a growing amount of waste in heaps of unsorted waste and also waste polluting the natural environment. More and more plastic waste floats in seas and oceans. The scale of degradation of the natural environment through the development of human civilizacy is increasing.
The purpose of counteracting these unfavorable processes of human civilization activity is necessary to carry out pro-ecological reforms in the energy sector consisting in the transformation of classic energy based on the burning of minerals for the construction of new power plants producing electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. Energy reform is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the increasingly rapid global warming process. It is necessary to develop ecological innovations thanks to which plastic in packaging will be replaced with materials that are quickly biodegradable and / or fit for consumption. Waste segregation systems and electromobility should be improved. Greater amounts should also be allocated from state public funds for the implementation of pro-ecological reforms of the reclamation of the civilization-degraded natural environment and the implementation of nature protection programs, natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
However, all these pro-ecological measures necessary to carry out the reform will not ensure global achievement of fully sustainable pro-ecological development if the consumption of natural resources, in particular water and energy and other minerals contained in the earth's crust, necessary for various branches of the manufacturing industry in subsequent years. In view of the above, for the implementation of fully sustainable pro-ecological development to be possible in the future, the increase in the use of natural resources, in particular non-renewable natural resources, should be significantly reduced.
Unfortunately, some countries are still blocking the processes of environmentally friendly reforms, inhibiting the development of renewable energy sources, blocking reforms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blocking environmental reforms of nature protection and biodiversity. In view of the above, it is crucial to find the answer to the following question: What measures should be applied in the field of national economic policy and pro-ecological reforms in connection with the published UN reports on the negative effects of faster and faster climate change, rising temperature at the Earth's surface, and increased greenhouse gas emissions, the progressing global warming process, increasing environmental pollution, decreasing areas of natural environments, impoverishment of natural biological ecosystems, extinction of many species of flora and fauna, decreasing natural biodiversity on Earth, etc.?
In mid-May 2019, a UN report appeared, which shows that the process of extinction of species is accelerating and is no longer reversible, it is impossible to stop this process. However, if humanity quickly implements ecological reforms and the implementation of sustainable ecological development in line with the concept of green economy, it is possible to significantly slow down the process of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental pollution and adverse processes in nature.
In addition, in the context of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, progressing climate changes and increasingly frequent weather anomalies and climatic disasters, the area and number of landscape parks, wooded areas, city parks, etc. should be increased. However, apart from monoculture forest cultivated for logging wooded areas using a forest biodiversity species model.
When designing, planting and developing wooded areas according to the species biodiversity model of the forest ecosystem, ecologically developed forests should be created towards a forest resembling natural forest forests characterized by a high level of species biodiversity and biological balance. In this type of biodiverse, ecological forest ecosystems there are no infestations with viral, bacterial and fungal diseases, and pest infestations in the form of insects attacking certain species of trees appear to a slight degree.
The reason for the minimal stand loss due to infrequently occurring infestations with viral, bacterial, fungal and harmful diseases is the high level of biological balance occurring in forest forests similar in condition and species structure to natural biological forest ecosystems found in specific climate zones. In this type of species-diverse forest ecosystems, the costs of forestry care of maintaining this type of forest sites are also lower, because less chemical means of protecting stands are used. In this way, by developing species-diverse forest ecosystems, ecological forest management develops, referring to the natural biological forest ecosystems found in specific climate zones.
A significant part of the financial outlays on nature protection and biodiversity policy is allocated to the promotion of nature protection and the natural environment. However, the effectiveness of this type of promotional campaigns is low, because without the application of legal restrictions, enterprises do not change their technologies to greener if they do not see this business being implemented in a short time. Even the UN climate summits taking place from time to time, in which representatives of governments of most countries of the world take part, do not cause significant real changes in the policy of nature protection and biodiversity? Usually, the largest industrial economies of the world do not sign commitments for rapid reduction of greenhouse gases and in terms of increasing expenditure on pro-ecological innovations in the energy sector. Why, despite the growing scale of public awareness, there is no significant improvement in the implementation of nature protection policy and biodiversity, there are no real actions that would result in a significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and slow down the global warming process?
Regardless of the real possibility of slowing down the global warming process, however, it is the man who should reduce all or most of the greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, reform the energy sector through the development of renewable energy sources and carry out other pro-ecological reforms to implement the principles of sustainable ecological development and according to the green economy philosophy in subsequent years, intensify activities in the field of nature protection, protection of natural biological ecosystems, protection of terrestrial biodiversity and its preservation for future generations.
In view of the above, there is a need for global implementation of the principles of sustainable pro-ecological development according to the green economy philosophy in order to intensify activities in the following years in the field of nature protection, protection of natural biological ecosystems, protection of Earth's biodiversity and its preservation for future generations. From the discussions on the Research Gate portal, I noticed that many Dear scientists and researchers agree with me about the high level of importance of biodiversity that is characterized by natural biological ecosystems. Despite the development of civilization that has been going on for thousands of years, it is only recently that man knows that the only way to avoid a global climate disaster that is a derivative of an increasingly faster global warming process is to reform the entire economy according to the green economy philosophy, i.e. the implementation of sustainable development principles into all economic processes, i.e. reference to the balance prevailing in nature.
We already know that, but will we manage to use this knowledge in the right way to avoid a global climate disaster that may occur at the end of the 21st century, if the global warming process cannot be stopped. If this global climate disaster occurs, if the black scenario of increasing the average temperature at the Earth's surface by another 2, 3 or more degrees C is realized, then it would mean not only a serious problem for humanity but also for most forms of flora and fauna, for the Earth biodiversity. However, some countries are still blocking the processes of environmentally friendly reforms, inhibiting the development of renewable energy sources, blocking reforms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blocking environmental reforms of nature protection and biodiversity.
In line with the above, in my opinion it is necessary to develop a joint, global pro-ecological policy for rapid reduction of greenhouse gases. The first step in this matter now wants to be made by the European Union, which plans to implement a plan to thoroughly reform the energy sector so that by 2050 in Europe all energy is based 100%. on renewable energy sources and all means of transport were zero-emission in terms of greenhouse gases, i.e. all cars, trains, public transport and intercity transport were based on electromobility and / or alternative energy sources, e.g. based on hydrogen fuels.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following questions:
- In what directions are currently research on biodiversity going?
- What do you think is the importance of biodiversity of natural and natural ecosystems?
- How should the consumption of non-renewable natural resources be reduced to make sustainable economic development possible?
- Is it necessary to strive to make the model of zero economic growth real?
- Should the implementation of the zero economic growth model be mainly based on reducing the consumption of natural resources?
- How should the consumption of non-renewable natural resources be reduced to make sustainable economic development possible?
- Is the key issue of nature protection mainly the protection of biodiversity of entire biological ecosystems?
- How should the policy of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems be improved?
- In the 21st century, will man manage to protect himself and the earth's biodiversity against the global climate disaster that he caused by triggering an increasingly faster global warming process?
- Due to the increase in environmental pollution, the reduction of green areas and forests, and the progressing global warming process, how should the policy of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems be improved?
- What activities should be activated as part of the policy of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems?
- What system goals pursued under the policy of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems should be allocated more funds?
- What sources of financing for nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems should be increased, whether financial resources from public institutions, from the state budget or from foundations and non-governmental organizations?
- What type of afforestation should be used to increase green areas?
- In the context of climate change forecast for the 21st century, which is a derivative of the faster global warming process, is the key issue of nature protection the protection of the biodiversity of entire biological ecosystems?
- Will the opportunity to protect nature, natural ecosystems and biodiversity significantly be reduced by reducing the use of non-renewable natural resources?
- How should nature and biodiversity protection be developed?
- How do you think the protection of nature, biological ecosystems, individual species of flora and fauna and biodiversity should be developed?
- What is the impact of the global warming process on freshwater resources and biodiversity on Earth?
- How to increase the effectiveness of the institutional policy of nature protection and biodiversity?
- How should the environmental policy change so that the predatory exploitation of the Amazon rainforests ceases?
- What needs to change in economic policy so that the predatory exploitation of the Amazon rainforests, i.e. the largest complex of natural forest ecosystems in the forest environment, in addition characterized by the greatest biodiversity of flora and fauna, will cease?
- In what way should the systems of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems be dispelled to increase the efficiency of these systems and limit the scale of degradation of the natural environment?
- What do you think should be improved in systems of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems in addition to merely increasing the financial outlays on nature protection policy conducted by government agencies and ministries of the environment?
- What pro-ecological reforms should be applied which are derived from the conclusions contained in the UN reports on the global warming process?
- What measures should be applied in the field of national economic policy and pro-ecological reforms in connection with the UN reports on the negative effects of the global warming process which is accelerating?
- Why are some countries still blocking pro-ecological reform processes, inhibiting the development of renewable energy sources, blocking reforms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blocking environmental reforms for nature protection and biodiversity?
- What do you think about this topic?
- What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply.
I invite you to discussion and scientific cooperation.
Thank you very much.
Best wishes.
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear D P.
Congrats Your 1st anniversay date had just crossed on Jan 13th 2019.
Its nice of you to sum up our responses with the latest rules and guidelines issued.
Wishing our Researchers NY in 2020.
Technology that adequately fits in for use in the protection of biodiversity in the cold/polar regions will differ from that to be applied in tropical/ subtropical regions.However, data gathering using remote sensing applications may prove highly reliable in all the scinerios .