Long Term Problems: Too Many People Too few Trees

Background information

The essay titled here is concerned with environmental issues as revealed from its title stated above. The issues in this field are several but here the key concern is illustrated to be twin problems i.e. problem of over population and deforestation. Fact based data related to environment and life on earth and future of earth are presented in the essay in three distinct but interconnected textual divisions. The first division of the essay consists of quoted remarks from the world scientists, and the second conference of The Royal society of London and the U. S. National Academy of Sciences who are reported to have signed treaty out of conference on future of humanity and earth in connection with the world environment. This reference preceding the other two divisions about population and life of trees is presented in the beginning of the essay with a purpose to validate the author’s logical statements about future of humanity, data about earth and its environment.   

The second section elaborates situation of population, causes behind population growth and consequences of population growth. Similarly, the third section illuminates identically the status of world forest, causes of deforestation and consequences of deforestation.  

   Summary

 It is agreed by all the noble prize winner scientists and the scientists from Roayal society London and US national academy that the future of earth is on risk due to collision course between human and nature and if not halted it is sure to put the whole life of present and future on earth at risk. Still they believe that the course can be reversed and better life can be assured if we halt our activities on time for the sake of all.

The evidences of population are too many and noticeable very clearly to prove that the earth is already over populated. All the countries except a few like China and Canada have failed to  control population  and therefore, their main issue is population density and population size. The causes of the population explosive trends as such are so many. But to name a few, over medical facilities, industrialization and lack effective use of family planning means and so on. Population is too huge everywhere is justifiable from the fact that no wilderness is left unoccupied and all the natural places have been converted into human settlement. The facts remain that the governments are forced to invent control measures. If population had not expanded in the ratio as reported, no such measure would get thought about. New epidemics and contaminations are being the causes of untimely death of thousands and more people are reported to be dying of hunger and facing human predicaments of unexpected kinds. 

Similarly another traceable issue is of state of trees over the earth. The places are fast converting into urban and desertification of new places is the fact of today. The world population of trees is reduced to one third and earth is full of houses and buildings without a tree standing over.

The causes of deforestation are many but among them the most critical one is over population leading to urbanization. This is further connected with use of technology and pressure of overpopulation as trees have to be replaced for arable land, food and other resources. But ultimately dependence is to be on the forests of the world. Bigger population leads to over commercialization, work and industrialization. This all is possible to happen only through deforestation.  People’s life style, affluent life of people from developed countries and ambition to be rich and live with rich facilities all contribute to damaging effects on the state of world forests.

The consequences of these are that earth has begun to show the symptoms of ozone layer depletion, downsizing the number of life on earth, decline of world species of birds and animals and life varieties and loss in the ability of biosphere and loss of human immune as a whole. Nature of this planet has become weak in its quality and efficiency due to soil erosion and natural calamities of any kind.

Conclusion of the summary

 In short, the essay deliberates that the consequences are devastating and shocking and so, the course of our life has to be reviewed and course of over population and over deforestation must be controlled on time for no more damage to happen or happening damage to be stopped without delay.  

Textual Analysis

The text ‘two long term problems…’ falls into four sections if the last part is treated as being a distinct section and by means of its logical design, it presents the arguments systematically so as to come to the conclusion that offers solutions to the problems addressed throughout.

The background of the essay is an allusion to scientists’ understanding about the earth, life on earth and environment which they believe are now disturbed due to human activities and thus the relation has been too hostile between humans and nature. Still they seem to be optimistic in the sense that if the human activities and cultures which have driven the situation toward worse are stopped or reversed jointly at the macro level, it is expected that human life along with world environment is sure to come on track.

The essay after reference to information from scientists, presents arguments and logical connections regarding the issue ‘over population’. The section argues that over population is a major issue because whole world is mentioned to have been over packed with people. The causes such as urbanization and availability of facilities and means to survival due to economic and medical access to the living world are taken accountable for over growth of population. The consequences being too unimaginable and devastating, it is suggested that if population grows any more, earth will not be able to sustain and the time is like to come that people face accidental deaths due to scarcity of resources and starvation and epidemics of various kinds.

In this section as well the author has offered some insights on how to downsize population. The idea is that we can downsize population if we begin to follow concerned governments of China and Germany apart from implementation of our knowledge into action.  

The third section argues the real status of trees to be very risky and shaky because the size of the world forest is said to have gown far below its level as compared to a few decades and thus, it is justified that deforestation is too rapid a phenomenon.

The reasons behind this fast deforestation are so many. The author connects this reality with the overpopulation which is the key factor of deforestation according to him. Besides, in the same way as previous section, this section of the essay also illustrates how the deteriorated state of trees is now going to affect humans. Several examples of decline of life and quality of life and predictable natural calamities such as soil erosion, ozone layer depletion and air pollution, problems of global warming and many more are spelled in the section as being the outcomes of deforestation. The arguments are factual and every paragraph is designed in a connected pattern so that the essay finds strength out of its logically systematic texture.

Finally, the essay is concluded in solutions and the key solution worth stating  here  is that we can control population and deforestation and make earth environment better for us to life, only if we start acting and implementing our knowledge into practice from today itself. Thus,  from all perspectives; such as content, design and communicative efficiency and all, this can be taken as being the best model essay.

    

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