Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Save Mangroves from Fishpond or Sacrifice Mangroves for Fishpond

These two related questions always become contradictive questions as both of it in fact have certain interest namely economic interest and environmental protection interest. Both of these interests are the same important as it is required by human needs. Saving mangroves from fishpond means sacrificing the economic interest and prefer environmental protection interest for sustainable living and for the future of human generation. In this situation economic interest doesn't get its priority and it meant that the prosperity of human economic well being is still in poor condition as they can not use the resources available for their welfare. In the longterm human being will be trapped in the poverty as the natural resources can not be exploited for their own living. This is also no good for human welfare itself as living in poverty actually become very miserable and painful. Therefore we as human being should also use a relevant way of thinking in line with the situations occurs and should be faced. From the second point of view, whether we should sacrifice mangroves for fishpond activites, especially for shrimp fishery business it is also requires a careful consideration. Sacrificing the environment for economic interest alone will also become disaster to human being. Examples of it are so many, from flooding, landsliding, drought, etc. and therefore we need to consider the environmental variables in preparing or doing our economic activities. Considering the safety of environment and the interest of future generation should also become our own agenda. We can not destroy this life, either it is our life or the life of future generation because of short-term economic interest. Departing from this question, what we should do to protect the environment and in this context is mangroves?

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