Chapter the-ailing-planet-the-green-movements-role: The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role | Extract Questions

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In a protein-conscious and protein-hungry world, over-fishing is common every day. In poor countries, local forests are being decimated in order to procure firewood for cooking. In some places, firewood has become so expensive that ‘what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it’.

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The growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society. It took mankind more than a million years to reach the first billion. That was the world population around the year 1800. By the year 1900, a second billion was added. The twentieth century has added another 3.7 billion. The present world population is estimated at 5.7 billion.

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We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children. No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy — with a full repairing lease. The issues that he raised regarding the declining health of the earth continue to have relevance.