你说的是环境保护前沿吧，是汉斯出版社的核心oa期刊
Advances in Environmental Protection 网络 环境保护前沿; Advances in Environmental Protection环境保护前沿
journal of geoscience and environment protection地球科学与环境保护杂志journal of geoscience and environment protection地球科学与环境保护杂志
journal of geoscience and environment protection地球科学与环境保护杂志journal of geoscience and environment protection地球科学与环境保护杂志
环境科学学报有英文版
全称Science of the Total Environment 主要收录了一些环境保护和生态平衡之类的文章
环境科学 中国环境科学 环境科学学报 环境化学 环境污染治理技术与设备 环境科学研究 环境保护 环境污染与防治 环境工程 农业环境保护（改名为：农业环境科学学报）化工环保 工业水处理 海洋环境科学 中国环境监测 环境科学与技术 水处理技术 农村生态环境 应用与环境生物学报 中国人口、资源与环境 长江流域资源与环境
中文核心期刊目录总览（第五版）》。 环境科学,安全科学 环境科学 中国环境科学 环境科学学报 环境化学 环境污染治理技术与设备 环境科学研究 环境保护 环境污染与防治 环境工程 农业环境保护（改名为：农业环境科学学报）化工环保 工业水处理 海洋环境科学 中国环境监测 环境科学与技术 水处理技术 农村生态环境 应用与环境生物学报 中国人口、资源与环境 长江流域资源与环境 环境监测管理与技术 自然灾害学报 水资源保护 要查询影响因子，可在baidu中输入：“环境类核心期刊影响因子查询”
摘自2008年推出《中文核心期刊目录总览（第五版）》。 环境科学,安全科学 环境科学 中国环境科学 环境科学学报 环境化学 环境污染治理技术与设备 环境科学研究 环境保护 环境污染与防治 环境工程 农业环境保护（改名为：农业环境科学学报）化工环保 工业水处理 海洋环境科学 中国环境监测 环境科学与技术 水处理技术 农村生态环境 应用与环境生物学报 中国人口、资源与环境 长江流域资源与环境 环境监测管理与技术 自然灾害学报 水资源保护 要查询影响因子，可在baidu中输入：“环境类核心期刊影响因子查询”
Good environment can make people feel happy and fit To improve the environment means to improve our We should plant more trees and flowers around us We shouldn’t cut them down We should stop factories from pouring waste water into the river and waste gas into the Whenever we see litter on the ground , we should pick it up and throw it into Never spit in Don’t draw on public It’s our duty to protect the
Harmony with the environment is that we live in on Earth, who is a natural son, and not only to natural persons as the conqueror, as we all know, there is only one earth and the mountains on Earth, the Plant human cells, if it damaged, destroyed nature organizations, to the eradication of Therefore, the environment must be linked with social ethics, character education and practice acts as an important element of Everyone must fulfil its responsibilities and obligations to protect the environment 人与环境是和谐相处的，我们生存在地球上，人是自然之子，而不能仅把人看作自然的征服者，大家都知道，人类只有一个地球，地球上的山山水水、动物。植物是人类的细胞，如果我们把它损坏了，破坏了大自然的组织，等于消灭人类。因此，环境要与社会公德联系起来，与实践行为作为人格教育的一项重要内容来抓。每个人都要履行保护环境的责任和义务。
Many people are active in fighting against unfair Many people are active in fighting against unfair Many people are active in fighting against unfair Many people are active in fighting against unfair treatment to colored people, women , animals and so treatment to colored people, women , animals and so treatment to colored people, women , animals and so treatment to colored people, women , animals and so Right now I am talking about fighting for respect to our Right now I am talking about fighting for respect to our Right now I am talking about fighting for respect to our Right now I am talking about fighting for respect to our Though the environment doesn't have a mouth Though the environment doesn't have a mouth Though the environment doesn't have a mouth Though the environment doesn't have a mouth to deprecate what humans have doto deprecate what humans have doto deprecate what humans have doto deprecate what humans have done to her, she retaliates ne to her, she retaliates ne to her, she retaliates ne to her, she retaliates through In the early years the Chinese cut down through In the early years the Chinese cut down through In the early years the Chinese cut down through In the early years the Chinese cut down large quantities of trees, at the source of the yellow large quantities of trees, at the source of the yellow large quantities of trees, at the source of the yellow large quantities of trees, at the source of the yellow river, which led to the disappearance of big forests and river, which led to the disappearance of big forests and river, which led to the disappearance of big forests and river, which led to the disappearance of big forests and terrible As a result, the Huangtu plateau which terrible As a result, the Huangtu plateau which terrible As a result, the Huangtu plateau which terrible As a result, the Huangtu plateau which was onwas onwas onwas once covered with grass and forests was turned into ce covered with grass and forests was turned into ce covered with grass and forests was turned into ce covered with grass and forests was turned into barrens that supported fewer Another example was barrens that supported fewer Another example was barrens that supported fewer Another example was barrens that supported fewer Another example was in several developed Because many chemical in several developed Because many chemical in several developed Because many chemical in several developed Because many chemical factories discharged poisonous gas without filtering it, factories discharged poisonous gas without filtering it, factories discharged poisonous gas without filtering it, factories discharged poisonous gas without filtering it, cities were covered with so much poisocities were covered with so much poisocities were covered with so much poisocities were covered with so much poisonous gas that people nous gas that people nous gas that people nous gas that people were killed by the air they breathed What horrible were killed by the air they breathed What horrible were killed by the air they breathed What horrible were killed by the air they breathed What horrible scene!What we are suffering is only a small part of what scene!What we are suffering is only a small part of what scene!What we are suffering is only a small part of what scene!What we are suffering is only a small part of what the nature once If we don't take action to show the nature once If we don't take action to show the nature once If we don't take action to show the nature once If we don't take action to show respect to the environment, we will have to face an respect to the environment, we will have to face an respect to the environment, we will have to face an respect to the environment, we will have to face an increasingly increasingly increasingly increasingly awful awful awful awful
Protect the environmentNowadays,the environment in China is getting worse and The water is polluted,and air pollution and become a very serious Many people even wear masks when they go How can we help save the environment?We can reduce air pollution by riding bikes,taking public transport instead of We can also save energy by closing the lights when you leave the room,and reusing If we all do our parts,our country will be a much better place!最近,中国的环境越来越糟糕了水被污染了,空气污染也成为了一个严重的问题很多人甚至出门都要带口罩我们能怎样帮忙保护环境呢?我们可以通过多骑自行车和坐公交,少乘私家车我们也可以通过随手关灯,重复利用水要节约能源如果我们每个人都进到自己的责任,我们的国家就会变成一个更好的地方
1We think this is a special time where eco-friendly people need to unite to save their A time when lovers of the natural environment will be the leaders of a 'new common sense' This 'common sense' will see our communities ensure our planet becomes sustainable and To start, we need to support each The Environment Society of Australia wants to help by offering you the opportunity to find your green The Organic and Enviro Directories are great places to The Organic Directory allows you to find organic producers and retailers all over A Whilst our Enviro Directory sorts out all the green and enviro-friendly companies and groups across the You will also find, environmental articles featuring ecology and environment issues, organic farming and organic gardening, alternative technology breakthroughs as well as environment Finally we have also recently started our own nursery - the Heart Garden Nursery where we are hoping to combine an environmental, world peace and meditation community The hope is that we will be able to help you, our greatest environmental resource, inspire others and ourselves to smarter, more sustainable practises that save the environment and save our 2How we live our lives affects We turn on a tap and the water that gushes out may have been taken from a marshy place, making it just that little bit drier and less suitable for wading If we throw away a tin can instead of recycling it, more metal needs to be mined, perhaps eventually destroying a wildlife When you switch on a light, the electricity may come from a coal-burning power station, which releases gases into the air that contribute to global warming – the biggest threat faced by wildlife in the We can help wildlife by being more environmentally friendly in the way we live our lives – using fewer resources and less Using the link, you can download one of the activities that will help you to be environmentally This is an example so you can see the type of task you might choose to 中英对照的：_117005_htm 继续前天的补充：2】The Environmental Revolution - We Can Make a Difference! Since the first time having blown bubbles in my Open Water class, I've logged over 100 This love for diving has evolved into an intense passion towards protecting the ocean, and all of its I've chosen to put my love for the ocean into action, as an Actually, this passion extends out towards efforts that look to help all the planetary domains gain As such, I appreciate when others take the time educate me on those other realms for which I know less To be an environmentalist, one must choose the cause which resonates within ones sole, and run with One must be willing to educate people about the environment while being open to education from those people who support other Together we can help each other towards learning how to become a true "Environmentalist" We must all encourage positive collaboration and education as opposed to being against For example, sharks are being decimated to near extinction simply for their The fins are used to make Shark Fin soup, a delicacy popular particularly in Taiwan and S It would be easy to blame these communities for creating the However, in conversing with Asian environmentalists, they liken the culture around eating Shark Fin soup to the culture surrounding Americans eating turkey for Thanksgiving There are ongoing efforts to educate these people, by members of their own community, on just how dangerous this cultural practice is and the devastating impact this could have on their (our) world if all the sharks were to disappear as a Environmentalists everywhere are making a difference! Famous restaurants have taken endangered Swordfish off their menus, these same restaurants are buying wild-caught salmon (and boosting the economy of local fisheries in the process), laundromats have started selling green detergent, this just to name a few of these enlightened This is how the "Environmentalist" can begin the Just find something you believe in and make a One by one, we can make our planet a cleaner place to live, steeped in healthy bio-diversity for generations to 3Giving 1% to Protect Our Environment Though most of the world's surface is covered by water, since the Earth is so large relative to human horizons, there doesn't appear to be a shortage of However, when one begins to think of land in terms of a human resource, , a producer of food, a provider of wood, an expanse for passage, one realizes that many portions are either too lacking in nutrients, too high in elevation, too prone to flooding, or too cold or ice-ridden for extensive Furthermore, habitable lands are becoming less abundant due to desertification (the expansion of deserts due to the misuse of land), agricultural expansions and rising sea Since humans aren't the only species that need land, it isn't surprising that this resource is becoming limited for other forms of life In part as a result of this added stress on living things, we are also witnessing extinctions of grand proportions-at a rate of many thousands species per Since these losses are largely due to human actions, such as deforestation and non-native species introduction, many are beginning to pay attention to how we use and protect Recent ecological research has also recently provided a message of hope concerning the future well-being of life on this In the world today, scientists estimate that the Earth is losing at least 1 percent of species every ten years, and the percentage loss may be close to 5 Even if only the lower rate persists, the Earth will have lost near half of its biological diversity by Can this be possible? Many esteemed scientists think While the future appears bleak, several recent insights tell us that we have the potential to significantly reduce what amounts to a biotic holocaust, one not witnessed on Earth for over 60,000,000 While there are hopeful signs in the area of human activities (such as increased acreage of nature preserves and national parks), the hope of which I speak of here stems from specific characteristics of the other forms of life which may enable us to mutually coexist in the long The Earth's organisms are wonderfully varied in size, shape, function, behavior, and genetic One only need to consider that there are ~ 15,000 species of butterflies and ~50,000 species of mushrooms worldwide to begin to fathom the immensity of variety that this planet Yet, as different as the species come, the bulk of living things are also similar in a couple of very important Most living things live in relatively small regions and do not travel far from where they or their parents were In fact, recent biological and ecological work has determined that most land species are very particular about where they As opposed to humans whose choice of home is largely driven by economic and political forces (mobility driven by availability of wealth or forced relocation), flora and fauna find themselves in locations for which they are We now know that many species of insects and plants have a very restricted range in which they Very few organisms are ubiquitous like we It goes without saying that you aren't going to find a Great Blue Heron or a Grizzly visiting Antarctica or climbing M Everest; yet you might find the snow bear (recently discovered and previously known as the Abominable Snowman) doing the Recognizing that most living things are rather localized during their lifetimes has profound implications, both hopeful and On the one hand, it suggests that we can learn a lot about species by parking our scientific minds in specific On the other hand, it means that if we destroy even small areas of the globe we are likely causing great and even irreversible destruction to the species that are found We have also determined that there are specific locations on our planet where a disproportionate number of species For our species, Asia serves as the homeland for In fact more than 60 percent of humans lives on this largest of continents (which only makes up 24 percent of the land surface on the planet) With other life forms, geographic concentrations sometimes defy We only recently became aware that the vast majority of terrestrial (as distinguished from oceanic or riparian) species collectively live on just 1 percent of the Earth's land (If humans lived at a comparable concentration level, we'd all have to cluster together in an area roughly the size of Antarctica or twice that of A) This mind-blowing realization has prompted those that have been struggling to protect organisms a new way of thinking about such They have concluded that if we humans could somehow find a way to avoid disturbing just 1-2 percent of the land surface, nearly 70 percent of the world's terrestrial species might be able to Recently some conservationists have refocused their attention on these unique The regions of the globe that contain such a splendid array of biological diversity have been named "hot spots," a name that communicates their critical In what has to be the most beautiful books I have seen, Hotspots represents the collective work of scientists Russ and Cristina Mittermeier and Norman Myers as well as photographer Patricio Robles G In this oversized volume, these four scholars have assembled more than three hundred vivid photographs of some of the world's endangered species and threatened These absolutely breath-taking images come from the what they refer to as "the 25 most critically important regions" in the These regions originally constituted almost 12 percent of the world's land surface but now, due to human pressure at many levels, only a little more than 1 percent remains What makes these locations, which are found on all continents except Antarctica, so "hot" is that they are home to hordes of the Earth's plants and animals and they face imminent danger from a variety of human The Hotshot authors and others strongly believe that the global community can do wonders if these areas move to the top of our priority But what will have to happen for these spots to be protected? There are no simple answers to this central Unfortunately, those of us in the United States who have the luxury of time to even ponder such questions, face many obvious First, nearly all of the hotspots are located outside of our territorial boundaries, exceptions being the forests of Oregon and California as well as portions of Southern Florida (namely the Keys and the Everglades) Key hotspots are found in New Zealand, Madagascar, and Indonesia as well as the continental parts of south-east A Obviously we cannot expect that we will be able to force other countries to enact and enforce laws that will greatly reduce biological Yet, while many other countries have ratified the Biodiversity Treaty that was drafted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, it has never reached the floors of the US Congress for a vote; Canada, Japan, and the European Union are among those to ratify By this inaction our nation apparently lacks the wherewithal to support global conservation efforts as a matter of However, given that the wealthy nations in concert with international banks promote unsustainable extraction of resources in the world's developing countries, it would appear that we have an obligation to do If our national policy makers are unwilling to commit themselves to the protection of global ecosystems and species, we still have ourselves to look to for sources of positive All of us have tremendous purchasing power, especially in comparison to the majority of the other human residents on this planet; Barry Bearak, a Pulitzer Prize-winner journalist who recently spoke at Knox College's convocation, referred to the residents of the United States as "filthy rich," a conclusion he came to after spending a great deal of time in the poorer regions of the world, particularly Afghanistan and I What we buy makes a The environmental campaign to support shade coffee rather than sun coffee is just one of many attempts for the consumer to support sustainable practices in regions of great ecological According to the Northwest Shad Coffee Campaign, shade coffee agricultural allows for the extraction of a desired resource but at the same time allows between 3-8 times as many birds species to persist not to mention many more mid-size mammals as well as amphibians and Coffee is also a particularly important commodity in terms of the health of ecological systems because the countries that produce the bulk of it are precisely the same countries that are home to the majority of the world's species; the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Indonesia, Vietnam collectively produce ~40 percent of the 17 billion pounds of coffee that are harvested each year (folks, that's more than 3 pounds per person!) Burdensome debts also force many developing countries to endlessly delay infrastructure Debt-for-nature swaps, an idea proposed by D Thomas Lovejoy of the World Wildlife Federation in the mid-1980s, have enabled poor countries to relieve foreign debt and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to increase commitment to conservation programs both at the same In these swaps, NGOs pay off a poor country's debt to a bank or well-to-do country at greatly reduced costs in order to establish agreements for investment in national parks, for While not a cure-all, these efforts have begun the paradigm shift from unabated expansion and unhealthy extraction to one supportive of saving natural ecosystems and securing the health and welfare of all human Threats to these locations represent massive scale intrusions taken by societies found on every Unfortunately, there is so much that will be lost if these "special" places aren't quickly protected from future On the bright side though, so much of the world's genetic diversity lives in just a couple handfuls of "hotspots" that if these locations were saved hordes of species would be able to persist into the next The time is now to respond to this fairly recent observation and It is time for the world to begin to act like a civilized 21st Century It is incumbent upon us, those with time and wealth, to maintain the momentum that others have The masses of life forms are relying on us to make the best attempt at this daunting yet critical Hopefully our species will be sensible enough to leave at least 1 percent of land alone, so that other life forms may continue to Do we need all 100 percent? 写不下了，如果觉得不够，可否把邮箱留一下，我继续补充
世界水资源的缺乏World Water Shortage A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 一项新的研究结果提出警告：到2025年，世界上将有30%的人没有足够的水饮用。 A private American organization called Population Action International did the new It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people lack enough water The people live in twenty-eight Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle E 这项研究是由美国一家名叫“人口行动”的私立机构进行的。报告说现在世界上有三亿三千五百万人没有足够的水。这些人主要分布在非洲或中东的28个国家。 P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people may lack At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water The demand for water keeps Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the 人口行动组织的研究人罗博特安格曼说，到2025年大约三十亿人缺水。至少还有其他18个国家将可能面临同样严重的水短缺问题。人类对水的需求不断上升，但地球上水的还是保持不变。 M Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the He says population growth in these countries will continue to 安格曼先生说，水短缺的国家的人口增长率要高于世界其他地区的人口增长率。他还说这些国家的人口出生率将持续增长。 The report says lack of water in the future may result in several It may increase health Lack of water often means drinking waters not M Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, which are carried in Lack of water may also result in more international Countries may have to compete for water in the Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and I And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are 报告表明，在未来，水资源的缺乏可能会导致一些严重的后果。首先它可能会产生更多的健康问题。水资源的缺乏就意味着饮用水不再有保障。安格曼先生说，诸如霍乱等在水中传播的疾病会使世界出现许多问题。水缺乏也会引起更多的国际纷争。各国可能由于水而发动战争。现在有些国家，例如埃及，荷兰，柬埔寨，叙利亚，苏丹和伊拉克等，60%的纯净水是从国外进口的。报告认为水缺乏将影响发展国家发展经济的能力。这是因为新工业在开始阶段经常需要大量的水。 The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste A third way is to use less water of 人口行动组织的研究报告为世界的水短缺问题提出了几个解决的办法。第一，找到多用途的用水方法。第二，教育人们不要浪费水资源。第三就是少用农业水。 The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population It says countries cannot provide clean water unless they slow population growth by limiting the number of children people 报告同时表明，控制人口增长是长远解决水缺乏问题不可缺少的措施之一。它说除非各国能通过限制生育来降低人口的增长，否则它们不可能提供干净的水。 Global warming a bigger threat to poor全球变暖加剧贫穷 气候变化急待控制 Global warming, modelled on computer here, kills more people than terrorism Global warming threatens to reverse human progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty(联合国所有减少贫穷的目标), according to some of the world's leading international and development In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, WWF(英国牛津救济委员会、“绿色和平”组织、基督徒互援会、“地球之友”组织、世界野生动物基金组织) and 15 other groups say rich governments must immediately address(致力于) climate change to avoid even "obscene levels(无法忍受的程度)" of worldwide "Food production, water supplies, public health and people's livelihoods are already being damaged and undermined," the report "There is no either/or approach possible(想找一个‘非此即彼'的办法是不可能的) The world must meet its commitments to achieve poverty reduction and also tackle climate The two are inextricably linked(二者的联系是难解难分的)" The report, which draws on UN predictions of the effects of climate change in poor countries over the next 50 years, says poor countries will experience more flooding, declining food production, more disease and the deterioration or extinction of entire ecosystems(整个生态系统的退化甚至消失) on which many of the world's poorest people "Climate change needs to be addressed The poor will bear the brunt of the The frontline experience of many of us working in international development indicates that communities are having to combat more extreme weather " Climate change will play havoc（大范围的破坏；浩劫） with agriculture and water supplies and will increase "By 2025 the proportion of the world's population living in countries of significant water stress will almost double, to 6 billion Tropical and sub-tropical areas will be hardest hit - those countries already suffering from food insecurity(食品短缺)" Poor communities mostly do not need hi-tech solutions, but would most benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm The report says unchecked global warming(尚未得到抑制的全球变暖), more than wars or political upheaval(政变), will displace millions of people and destabilise many
Protect the environmentNowadays,the environment in China is getting worse and The water is polluted,and air pollution and become a very serious Many people even wear masks when they go How can we help save the environment?We can reduce air pollution by riding bikes,taking public transport instead of We can also save energy by closing the lights when you leave the room,and reusing If we all do our parts,our country will be a much better place!最近,中国的环境越来越糟糕了水被污染了,空气污染也成为了一个严重的问题很多人甚至出门都要带口罩我们能怎样帮忙保护环境呢?我们可以通过多骑自行车和坐公交,少乘私家车我们也可以通过随手关灯,重复利用水要节约能源如果我们每个人都进到自己的责任,我们的国家就会变成一个更好的地方
What Environmental Disaster? We have developed a huge and thriving society; and in the process we deforest huge sections of land for living and livestock This decreases oxygen and increases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; possibly adding to global warming though the greenhouse This mass population produces mass amounts of waste, so to deal with that we just throw it into the ground, which in turn contaminates our water supply and contributes to further We develop motorized transportation; and then burn non-renewable fossil fuels that put lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, ozone, excess carbon dioxide, and other harmful particulates into the atmosphere (Skjel & Whorton 95-108) This produces dangers like smog and cancer and contributes to global In the production of fuel we exhaust oil reserves and pollute the oceans through spills from This endangers wilderness and We produce an inert, easily producible propellant for aerosols; and then realize it's only inert on the Once it's bombarded by UV ray in the upper atmosphere it releases a highly destructive ion that wreaks havoc on the protective ozone layer shielding us from those same deadly UV rays, creating a hole in the layer allowing the radiation through, increasing cancer and other genetic We build rockets capable of going into space and breaking the earth's gravitational pull; and then immediately start to pollute this new environment with spent rockets and boosters along with other miscellaneous particles of debris (Curran and Haw 3) Michael Crichton writes, "What we call nature is a complex system of far greater subtlety than we are willing to We make a simplified view of nature and then botch it all You have to understand what you don't How many times must the point be made? How many times must we see the evidence? We build the Aswan Dam and claim it is going to revitalize the Instead, it destroys the fertile Nile Delta, produces parasitic infestation, and wrecks the Egyptian economy" (Jurassic Park 91) To the common person our current situation contains little All the advancement and improvements have done little to further our With each one has come a new environmental You almost need to evaluate each situation in terms of positives and However, at the root of all this chaos you'll find anthropocentrism, a human centered way of This way of thinking as an attitude, and moral theory, centers on humans as the highest of the significant The theory views nature and the environment in terms of their use value for humans only (Michaels 7) So all of the above developments with costs can be justified through their usefulness for The human centered ethic is deeply rooted in the past through the ancient Greek and Roman To pursue further development based on this ethic would be With our current numbers of population and rate of growth we're just asking for an environmental catastrophe of the highest magnitude to act as a wake up Granted that a great deal of the population realizes that unless action is taken today then we'll have to face that disaster The principle question is how to go about alleviating and repairing the damage we've already We also need to address how to prevent doing further damage for the sake of future The only problem with this view is that it is still a human centered It still sees the environment as a thing to be utilized by humans for their own It doesn't do The problems aren't getting Better ways of doing things are being researched, but the underlying problem is not receiving any So the environmental downward spiral is only slowed down and is not We've still got the same To take the conservationist attitude further you would see all sentient beings as holding moral standing and due This includes most of the animals in the world; any animal capable of experiencing pleasure and Through these experiences you form the basis for the extended moral If the animals perish through their habitat's destruction or outside influences, then their future pleasures will no longer When you take into account whole societies and communities of animals then the added value to the environment increases exponentially as you combine their happiness with the happiness never experienced by their future generations (Singer 275-276) So by taking this viewpoint you place even more intrinsic value on the environment through the experiences of all sentient animals But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume that we have any awareness at We are stubborn, self-destructive Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion" (The Lost World 7-8) Granted this does not present a case for sentience on the basis of pain pleasure, but it does present an interesting way to think about classifying So you can see drawing the cut off line for even lower animals could present considerable You have trouble reaching an adequate definition of "" You are now facing how much awareness a creature has to perceive pain and pleasure along with joy from anticipation of future events to consider it morally If a cat is significant, but not a fish, what makes the cat a moral patient while the fish is not? Where is there a difference? There is a problem of arbitrarily assigning moral value when actual feelings and emotions are beyond To go a step further away from human sentience you would hold all living thing to be of moral This would then bring plants and non-sentient animals into the This view holds life as the ultimate intrinsic Beings have moral value in just being So life is viewed as an intrinsic good, and no verifying pleasures or pains being experienced are needed to allot this Anything living is held with a reverence for that life (Singer 277-278) 2】The Environmental Revolution - We Can Make a Difference! Since the first time having blown bubbles in my Open Water class, I've logged over 100 This love for diving has evolved into an intense passion towards protecting the ocean, and all of its I've chosen to put my love for the ocean into action, as an Actually, this passion extends out towards efforts that look to help all the planetary domains gain As such, I appreciate when others take the time educate me on those other realms for which I know less To be an environmentalist, one must choose the cause which resonates within ones sole, and run with One must be willing to educate people about the environment while being open to education from those people who support other Together we can help each other towards learning how to become a true "Environmentalist" We must all encourage positive collaboration and education as opposed to being against For example, sharks are being decimated to near extinction simply for their The fins are used to make Shark Fin soup, a delicacy popular particularly in Taiwan and S It would be easy to blame these communities for creating the However, in conversing with Asian environmentalists, they liken the culture around eating Shark Fin soup to the culture surrounding Americans eating turkey for Thanksgiving There are ongoing efforts to educate these people, by members of their own community, on just how dangerous this cultural practice is and the devastating impact this could have on their (our) world if all the sharks were to disappear as a Environmentalists everywhere are making a difference! Famous restaurants have taken endangered Swordfish off their menus, these same restaurants are buying wild-caught salmon (and boosting the economy of local fisheries in the process), laundromats have started selling green detergent, this just to name a few of these enlightened This is how the "Environmentalist" can begin the Just find something you believe in and make a One by one, we can make our planet a cleaner place to live, steeped in healthy bio-diversity for generations to 3Giving 1% to Protect Our Environment Though most of the world's surface is covered by water, since the Earth is so large relative to human horizons, there doesn't appear to be a shortage of However, when one begins to think of land in terms of a human resource, , a producer of food, a provider of wood, an expanse for passage, one realizes that many portions are either too lacking in nutrients, too high in elevation, too prone to flooding, or too cold or ice-ridden for extensive Furthermore, habitable lands are becoming less abundant due to desertification (the expansion of deserts due to the misuse of land), agricultural expansions and rising sea Since humans aren't the only species that need land, it isn't surprising that this resource is becoming limited for other forms of life In part as a result of this added stress on living things, we are also witnessing extinctions of grand proportions-at a rate of many thousands species per Since these losses are largely due to human actions, such as deforestation and non-native species introduction, many are beginning to pay attention to how we use and protect Recent ecological research has also recently provided a message of hope concerning the future well-being of life on this In the world today, scientists estimate that the Earth is losing at least 1 percent of species every ten years, and the percentage loss may be close to 5 Even if only the lower rate persists, the Earth will have lost near half of its biological diversity by Can this be possible? Many esteemed scientists think While the future appears bleak, several recent insights tell us that we have the potential to significantly reduce what amounts to a biotic holocaust, one not witnessed on Earth for over 60,000,000 While there are hopeful signs in the area of human activities (such as increased acreage of nature preserves and national parks), the hope of which I speak of here stems from specific characteristics of the other forms of life which may enable us to mutually coexist in the long The Earth's organisms are wonderfully varied in size, shape, function, behavior, and genetic One only need to consider that there are ~ 15,000 species of butterflies and ~50,000 species of mushrooms worldwide to begin to fathom the immensity of variety that this planet Yet, as different as the species come, the bulk of living things are also similar in a couple of very important Most living things live in relatively small regions and do not travel far from where they or their parents were In fact, recent biological and ecological work has determined that most land species are very particular about where they As opposed to humans whose choice of home is largely driven by economic and political forces (mobility driven by availability of wealth or forced relocation), flora and fauna find themselves in locations for which they are We now know that many species of insects and plants have a very restricted range in which they Very few organisms are ubiquitous like we It goes without saying that you aren't going to find a Great Blue Heron or a Grizzly visiting Antarctica or climbing M Everest; yet you might find the snow bear (recently discovered and previously known as the Abominable Snowman) doing the Recognizing that most living things are rather localized during their lifetimes has profound implications, both hopeful and On the one hand, it suggests that we can learn a lot about species by parking our scientific minds in specific On the other hand, it means that if we destroy even small areas of the globe we are likely causing great and even irreversible destruction to the species that are found We have also determined that there are specific locations on our planet where a disproportionate number of species For our species, Asia serves as the homeland for In fact more than 60 percent of humans lives on this largest of continents (which only makes up 24 percent of the land surface on the planet) With other life forms, geographic concentrations sometimes defy We only recently became aware that the vast majority of terrestrial (as distinguished from oceanic or riparian) species collectively live on just 1 percent of the Earth's land (If humans lived at a comparable concentration level, we'd all have to cluster together in an area roughly the size of Antarctica or twice that of A) This mind-blowing realization has prompted those that have been struggling to protect organisms a new way of thinking about such They have concluded that if we humans could somehow find a way to avoid disturbing just 1-2 percent of the land surface, nearly 70 percent of the world's terrestrial species might be able to Recently some conservationists have refocused their attention on these unique The regions of the globe that contain such a splendid array of biological diversity have been named "hot spots," a name that communicates their critical In what has to be the most beautiful books I have seen, Hotspots represents the collective work of scientists Russ and Cristina Mittermeier and Norman Myers as well as photographer Patricio Robles G In this oversized volume, these four scholars have assembled more than three hundred vivid photographs of some of the world's endangered species and threatened These absolutely breath-taking images come from the what they refer to as "the 25 most critically important regions" in the These regions originally constituted almost 12 percent of the world's land surface but now, due to human pressure at many levels, only a little more than 1 percent remains What makes these locations, which are found on all continents except Antarctica, so "hot" is that they are home to hordes of the Earth's plants and animals and they face imminent danger from a variety of human The Hotshot authors and others strongly believe that the global community can do wonders if these areas move to the top of our priority But what will have to happen for these spots to be protected? There are no simple answers to this central Unfortunately, those of us in the United States who have the luxury of time to even ponder such questions, face many obvious First, nearly all of the hotspots are located outside of our territorial boundaries, exceptions being the forests of Oregon and California as well as portions of Southern Florida (namely the Keys and the Everglades) Key hotspots are found in New Zealand, Madagascar, and Indonesia as well as the continental parts of south-east A Obviously we cannot expect that we will be able to force other countries to enact and enforce laws that will greatly reduce biological Yet, while many other countries have ratified the Biodiversity Treaty that was drafted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, it has never reached the floors of the US Congress for a vote; Canada, Japan, and the European Union are among those to ratify By this inaction our nation apparently lacks the wherewithal to support global conservation efforts as a matter of However, given that the wealthy nations in concert with international banks promote unsustainable extraction of resources in the world's developing countries, it would appear that we have an obligation to do If our national policy makers are unwilling to commit themselves to the protection of global ecosystems and species, we still have ourselves to look to for sources of positive All of us have tremendous purchasing power, especially in comparison to the majority of the other human residents on this planet; Barry Bearak, a Pulitzer Prize-winner journalist who recently spoke at Knox College's convocation, referred to the residents of the United States as "filthy rich," a conclusion he came to after spending a great deal of time in the poorer regions of the world, particularly Afghanistan and I What we buy makes a The environmental campaign to support shade coffee rather than sun coffee is just one of many attempts for the consumer to support sustainable practices in regions of great ecological According to the Northwest Shad Coffee Campaign, shade coffee agricultural allows for the extraction of a desired resource but at the same time allows between 3-8 times as many birds species to persist not to mention many more mid-size mammals as well as amphibians and Coffee is also a particularly important commodity in terms of the health of ecological systems because the countries that produce the bulk of it are precisely the same countries that are home to the majority of the world's species; the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Indonesia, Vietnam collectively produce ~40 percent of the 17 billion pounds of coffee that are harvested each year (folks, that's more than 3 pounds per person!) Burdensome debts also force many developing countries to endlessly delay infrastructure Debt-for-nature swaps, an idea proposed by D Thomas Lovejoy of the World Wildlife Federation in the mid-1980s, have enabled poor countries to relieve foreign debt and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to increase commitment to conservation programs both at the same In these swaps, NGOs pay off a poor country's debt to a bank or well-to-do country at greatly reduced costs in order to establish agreements for investment in national parks, for While not a cure-all, these efforts have begun the paradigm shift from unabated expansion and unhealthy extraction to one supportive of saving natural ecosystems and securing the health and welfare of all human Threats to these locations represent massive scale intrusions taken by societies found on every Unfortunately, there is so much that will be lost if these "special" places aren't quickly protected from future On the bright side though, so much of the world's genetic diversity lives in just a couple handfuls of "hotspots" that if these locations were saved hordes of species would be able to persist into the next The time is now to respond to this fairly recent observation and It is time for the world to begin to act like a civilized 21st Century It is incumbent upon us, those with time and wealth, to maintain the momentum that others have The masses of life forms are relying on us to make the best attempt at this daunting yet critical Hopefully our species will be sensible enough to leave at least 1 percent of land alone, so that other life forms may continue to Do we need all 100 percent? 写不下了，如果觉得不够，邮箱可否留一下，我继续补充