Human Impacts on the Environment pdf

Human Impacts on the Environment pdf

– Use of nonrenewable resources as if they were unlimited

– Use of renewable resources faster than they can be replenished

– We are polluting the environment with toxins as if its capacity to absorb them was limitless

– Population continues to increase

– Human activities disrupt many natural regenerative processes • Left unchecked, these activities may make recovery of many depleted natural systems impossible – Solutions are complex and challenging

– Ecological, social, and economic factors interact, making sustainability difficult to achiev