Did you know

DID YOU KNOW

 It’s now a proven fact that in the next 50 years most of the world animals will be extinct.  Since 2007 till to date the earth has used up to 30% of its renewable recourses. This is due to environmental degradation caused by the need to provide for the growing population and industrial development. 75% of the world natural forests are now destroyed with our ambitious economy pushing us further and further away from being able to sustain the planet species. The population is growing at an alarming rate a case example of Nigeria which is the highest populated country in Africa with a population of approximately 160 million and expected 270 million by the year 2050.

Population increment is not only happening in Africa it’s global, and due to these trees are being cut down and replaced with sky scrapers; as well as increasing carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere. The harsh truth is that human beings are the biggest contributors to the current state of the planet but we should know that we are just a part of the universe. In Africa, the wildlife is at the verge of extinction examples of the lions in Kenya in 2002 were 2746 and today there are only about 2000 which is just estimation.

Instead of trying to rebuild our planet we are doing the opposite we are going deeper to find more oil, more gold we now have more industries we have more waste. In the process of our ambition we destroy our environment .I will give you another example of Niger due to oil extraction the marine life has died, the soil is no longer fertile  literally nothing grows there they have no clean water and the community’ s poverty level is rising.

It’s not yet too late something can be done, but whatever is to be done should be done twice as fast and double the effort. We need to educate more people about the current state of our planet so that we can take drastic measures to stop this. This simply means that we have to change the way we eat, the way we think and how we set our priorities. We should now start investing in reforestation, agriculture and stopping pollution. But other than these the big question is what are you going do about this now that you know? Are you ready to fight for your planet? If you don’t do anything to save earth are you ready for the consequences?

                                                                                                                         

By: Stephanie Rangalla.