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Natural water systems have been badly damaged around the world through a variety of reasons. To re-establish back is going to take a long time, if ever, to get them to former glory.
Human 'progress' has most definitely never taken nature into consideration, this is why we are in the predicament we currently find ourselves. We may not have caused the whole problem but we have most definitely contributed in a very large way.
I completely agree. Nature changes sometimes for better or worse if left on its own, but humans rarely help improve nature. The best we seem to do is plant trees in areas we destroyed.
A great example to consider is the wildfires in British Columbia and California. Sometimes these are actually natural and caused by lightning. Occasionally they are necessary to maintain healthy forests.
Flooding is another one too. We think we are helping the river when we stop if from flooding, but it happens during the rainy seasons for a reason.
This is such an important subject! Us humans have done so much damage to this beautiful planet! Here in South Africa the rivers and dams are awfully polluted by big industries as well as people living in informal settlements along the waterways. It's going to be a long hard haul to clean up the mess and bring back the fish and other water life.
I can imagine where you live it is a mixture of colonial exploitation, mining and poverty causing a lot of the destruction. Sadly, without government help, there isn't much that can be done about the informal settlements because they are too poor to make responsible decisions.
You've hit the nail on the head! We are putting a lot of hope in our new president who has a steep hill to climb after stepping into the shoes of his predecessor. Hopefully basic needs like unemployment and housing will be addressed correctly. It's so sad to hear how the RDP housing is being exploited, in many instances going to officials who use family/friends names to get the free housing and then rent it out instead of it going to the poorest of the poor! One can't blame those communities when they protest!
I wasn't familiar with public housing being exploited. It happens a bit here in Korea. The politicians and other elites are thrown into prison and booted out of office when they get caught. It's not a very good way to get popular. There are some weird ways to qualify for government assistance like if you have an ancestor that was involved in the Independence movement, so sometimes they technically do qualify for assistance, but obviously it's frowned upon if you don't need it. Dodging out of military service or picking up foreign citizenships for your kids to avoid it is another political career killer here.
Hopefully, your country fixes its problems, but there are just so many it's difficult. I'm always stunned with the xenophobic things on the news and the power shortages. You'd think with all the good farmland and minerals, they would be able to sort these things out. It's definitely not a lack of resources, it's gross mismanagement and colonialisation hasn't been an excuse for over 25 years.
Very sad that this is happening in Korea as well, all for greed! The xenophobia really is bad, those refugees often get exploited by being given poorly paid jobs; they often work harder than the locals as they're desperate and afraid so they say nothing when their employers abuse them. The locals in turn get angry as they feel their jobs are being taken away but I would put a lot of blame on the greedy employers! It's a viscious circle! Much of our power and water problems are due to gross mismanagement, lack of maintenance just one of the issues!
It seems like a nightmarish situation for the migrants. The more I learn the more I realize how fortunate I am to be born where I was. I'm not reallybin favor of the term first world problems, but I feel it explains a lot of my problems well.
People just don't understand the importance of wetlands my friend. I love roaming in them and they are full of life. Fools are also crowding them out here in South Africa.
That is certainly some weird looking chicken!
Blessings!
We need to stop thinking of development in the traditional sense which is the destruction of nature. I am glad people are starting to understand the importance. Humans are already using up enough of the planet, we should protect the areas we haven't already destroyed from further encroachment.
In Korea, it is due to a lack of space and land values being very expensive. Urban areas are already very dense.
So true, I read that they are clearing huge areas of forests to farm in many countries that are cramped for space and man has also ever had his eyes on the Amazon. The mining companies are also encroaching on protected areas here in our country. All for money of course.
Until the last bird sings, then only will man know that he is doomed!
Blessings!
Sadly, you are right. It will not stop until we are long past doomed. According to quite a few people who study the environment, it's already to late to turn things back. I guess they realized that despite 50 years of warning, we've barely applied the brakes on development.
I also read a study on this and it is so scary.
But we are dealing here with hard-hearted people that are driven by profits my friend. Normally the only way that they wake up is when they and everything that they touched are in complete ruins.
It is then they adopt the victim persona.
But the day will come!
Blessings!
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Thanks for the shout out to save the natural wetlands and let nature do it's thing!
I was bought up being concerned about the wetlands as a child for my father worked on water conservation for forty years with Ducks Unlimited. I love to see the nature reserves that he was instrumental in creating - one right beside my niece's property making a lovely wetland area by the city full of waterfowl - truly gorgeous landscape!
Thanks for sharing!
I really like Ducks Unlimited. They are doing a lot of great work to not only restore damaged wetlands, but also to keep development from encroaching on wetlands. I read somewhere windmills near wetlands kill a lot of birds. Also windows and cats kill more than hunters ever could. I was surprised when I learned the majority of Ducks Unlimited supporters are hunters. But I guess that makes sense, they want to keep things completely sustainable so they can hunt with their grandchildren. A well-managed wetland will produce a lot of healthy ducks. Conservation is really important and allows moderate use of land by people as long as it is well managed.
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Natural water systems have been badly damaged around the world through a variety of reasons. To re-establish back is going to take a long time, if ever, to get them to former glory.
Human 'progress' has most definitely never taken nature into consideration, this is why we are in the predicament we currently find ourselves. We may not have caused the whole problem but we have most definitely contributed in a very large way.
I completely agree. Nature changes sometimes for better or worse if left on its own, but humans rarely help improve nature. The best we seem to do is plant trees in areas we destroyed.
A great example to consider is the wildfires in British Columbia and California. Sometimes these are actually natural and caused by lightning. Occasionally they are necessary to maintain healthy forests.
Flooding is another one too. We think we are helping the river when we stop if from flooding, but it happens during the rainy seasons for a reason.
This is such an important subject! Us humans have done so much damage to this beautiful planet! Here in South Africa the rivers and dams are awfully polluted by big industries as well as people living in informal settlements along the waterways. It's going to be a long hard haul to clean up the mess and bring back the fish and other water life.
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I can imagine where you live it is a mixture of colonial exploitation, mining and poverty causing a lot of the destruction. Sadly, without government help, there isn't much that can be done about the informal settlements because they are too poor to make responsible decisions.
You've hit the nail on the head! We are putting a lot of hope in our new president who has a steep hill to climb after stepping into the shoes of his predecessor. Hopefully basic needs like unemployment and housing will be addressed correctly. It's so sad to hear how the RDP housing is being exploited, in many instances going to officials who use family/friends names to get the free housing and then rent it out instead of it going to the poorest of the poor! One can't blame those communities when they protest!
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I wasn't familiar with public housing being exploited. It happens a bit here in Korea. The politicians and other elites are thrown into prison and booted out of office when they get caught. It's not a very good way to get popular. There are some weird ways to qualify for government assistance like if you have an ancestor that was involved in the Independence movement, so sometimes they technically do qualify for assistance, but obviously it's frowned upon if you don't need it. Dodging out of military service or picking up foreign citizenships for your kids to avoid it is another political career killer here.
Hopefully, your country fixes its problems, but there are just so many it's difficult. I'm always stunned with the xenophobic things on the news and the power shortages. You'd think with all the good farmland and minerals, they would be able to sort these things out. It's definitely not a lack of resources, it's gross mismanagement and colonialisation hasn't been an excuse for over 25 years.
Very sad that this is happening in Korea as well, all for greed! The xenophobia really is bad, those refugees often get exploited by being given poorly paid jobs; they often work harder than the locals as they're desperate and afraid so they say nothing when their employers abuse them. The locals in turn get angry as they feel their jobs are being taken away but I would put a lot of blame on the greedy employers! It's a viscious circle! Much of our power and water problems are due to gross mismanagement, lack of maintenance just one of the issues!
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It seems like a nightmarish situation for the migrants. The more I learn the more I realize how fortunate I am to be born where I was. I'm not reallybin favor of the term first world problems, but I feel it explains a lot of my problems well.
People just don't understand the importance of wetlands my friend. I love roaming in them and they are full of life. Fools are also crowding them out here in South Africa.
That is certainly some weird looking chicken!
Blessings!
We need to stop thinking of development in the traditional sense which is the destruction of nature. I am glad people are starting to understand the importance. Humans are already using up enough of the planet, we should protect the areas we haven't already destroyed from further encroachment.
In Korea, it is due to a lack of space and land values being very expensive. Urban areas are already very dense.
So true, I read that they are clearing huge areas of forests to farm in many countries that are cramped for space and man has also ever had his eyes on the Amazon. The mining companies are also encroaching on protected areas here in our country. All for money of course.
Until the last bird sings, then only will man know that he is doomed!
Blessings!
Sadly, you are right. It will not stop until we are long past doomed. According to quite a few people who study the environment, it's already to late to turn things back. I guess they realized that despite 50 years of warning, we've barely applied the brakes on development.
I also read a study on this and it is so scary.
But we are dealing here with hard-hearted people that are driven by profits my friend. Normally the only way that they wake up is when they and everything that they touched are in complete ruins.
It is then they adopt the victim persona.
But the day will come!
Blessings!
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Thanks for the shout out to save the natural wetlands and let nature do it's thing!
I was bought up being concerned about the wetlands as a child for my father worked on water conservation for forty years with Ducks Unlimited. I love to see the nature reserves that he was instrumental in creating - one right beside my niece's property making a lovely wetland area by the city full of waterfowl - truly gorgeous landscape!
Thanks for sharing!
I really like Ducks Unlimited. They are doing a lot of great work to not only restore damaged wetlands, but also to keep development from encroaching on wetlands. I read somewhere windmills near wetlands kill a lot of birds. Also windows and cats kill more than hunters ever could. I was surprised when I learned the majority of Ducks Unlimited supporters are hunters. But I guess that makes sense, they want to keep things completely sustainable so they can hunt with their grandchildren. A well-managed wetland will produce a lot of healthy ducks. Conservation is really important and allows moderate use of land by people as long as it is well managed.
Do they have Ducks Unlimited in Korea? I live in Canada and my Dad worked all across Canada. I didn't know it was overseas.
I don't think it's in Korea. But I lived in Ontario for over 20 years and learned about it while there.
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