10. Nations
should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural
state, even if these areas could be developed for economic gain.
Some people may believe that building factories, amusement parks,
houses, or offices should be the higher priority than the importance of
preserving nature on the Earth. Due in part to ameliorate poverty or fulfill
their’ avaricious lifestyles. In my view, however, this absurd myopia could
result in unrecoverable problems which possibly menace survival of human race
and wild animals.
First of all, we should preserve any existing wilderness on the
Earth in order to keep our lives safe. Humans have recklessly over exploited
natural resources and have maltreated wilderness including wild animals and
plants. The fact that humans have over looked the negative ramifications, such
as massive and frequent floods and destructive landslides that are following by
enervating the nature’s capability of preventing disasters. Consider, for
example, many coastal regions or areas where surrounded by mountains have
planted numerous trees and plants along the coast and mountain’s boundary as a barricade
for natural disasters. If it were not for those trees and plants, the natural
disaster would wipe out the human and other creatures’ habitats. In this sense
we should preserve any wilderness by acknowledge that any economic gain would
be futile if our lives are threatened.
Of course, if we
consider those in needs, it seems specious that sometimes people have to
develop the wilderness in order for the poor’s fundamental needs to be satisfied.
What they really need at this moment is not their surrounding natures, but the stable
economic status. Therefore, many developing countries have made fatuous decisions
without thorough scrutiny of any side effects or irreversible consequences. It
is invariably true that the Earth has severe environmental problems, such as global
warming which is directly affected by carbon-dioxide that is produced when burning
coals to run factories or cars. To take more specific example, China, nicknamed
the factory of the world, has achieved enormous economic growth over last a few
decades. The country also has created serious nature problems, one of them is
desertification. The desertification affects not only their own country, but also
creates problems to neighboring countries by sending the dust contains toxic
chemicals that are exhumed from factories in China. As the case illustrates, uncontrolled
development became a decision that requires international opinions and
considerations. Now, China is allotting a large fraction of their budget to
remedy their harsh land conditions. As once damaged nature, it may take a lot
of time and endeavors to recover the nature.
In sum, I strongly agree
that we should preserve wilderness even if it can be contributed to country or
society’s economic growth. This is because the side effect and following
negative results are not worthwhile. It might be more compelling and feasible
if all the aspects of the development show positive effects through scrupulous
and fastidious inspections.