The Importance of Adaptation and Restoration to Protect the Environment and Our Health

Earth Day is a worldwide celebration held on April 22nd to show appreciation for protecting the environment. The theme for this year is Earth Restoration. This theme extends beyond mitigation as factors in the preservation of our world. However, to improve our environment, we must consider restoration and adaptation through the use of new systems and green technologies.

Restoration

Ecosystems that are healthy clean our water, purify our air, protect our soil, control the environment, recycle nutrients, and feed us. They provide raw materials and services for pharmaceuticals and other uses. They are the bedrock of all life forms and our ecologic engine.

Deforestation, animal trafficking, air and water emissions, climate change, and other factors have all contributed to the breakdown of our ecological environments, which has resulted in the emergence of new and dangerous diseases. 

Forests are one of many ecosystems that we cannot live without the Amazon alone provides 25% of all drugs used today. According to reports, deforestation is connected to 31% of a recent and ongoing epidemic outbreak. “scientists are sounding the alarm that unless we take better care of the planet, we risk more global pandemics.”  

Adaptation 

The process of adaptation is to lower the risk posed by environmental change. These adapt changes have been seen throughout history such as Asian countries building their houses on stilts to protect against monsoon season. We can see the consequences of climate change right now in the way it affects our seasons.

We will need to build mechanisms to manage evolving demands and pressures on our natural resources as the environment changes. Opportunities to expand new ways of energy generation, new technology, and new infrastructure will be among them.

 Green Technologies – Phytoremediation 

Contaminants in the environment are a worldwide problem that affects both wildlife and human health. Soil contamination occurs when poisonous substances, toxins, or contaminants are present in high enough amounts in the soil to pose a threat to plants, animals, humans, and the soil itself.

 Soil is a vital source of nutrients in our food supplies as well as antibiotics. Due to over-exploitation and the spread of soil-borne diseases, many medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction.

The use of green plants for risk prevention and/or elimination of toxins from polluted soil is known as phytoremediation. Phytoremediation is a form of bioremediation in which plants are used to eliminate, remove, stabilise, and/or kill toxins from the soil. This technique is cost-effective lowers transportation cost and off-site processing cost. 

Green technology investments assist us in adapting to and restoring our environment. Public health depends on environmental health and resilience.

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