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Memo
Date: 06/21/2022
To: All Volunteers and Members of the Eco-Awareness Project
From: Anurag Dasari
Subject; Attention to the Impacts of Human interaction on Islands
Distribution list
This is to bring to the attention of the members the effects brought by increased human activities
in the islands. The most sensitive ecosystems to climate change are island systems, which are
expected to experience temperature changes, rainfall, and sea level. The lifestyles and viability of
the countries in the region, as well as long-term initiatives to eliminate poverty, are impacted by
the ongoing and prospective deterioration of these systems, from river basins to continental
shelves. According to the evaluations, fresh-water scarcity and untenable exploitation of fishing
industry and other living assets are the main social and environmental worries in the islands,
whereas pollution and climate change are the main environmental and social concerns in the
islands of the Indian Ocean. The project approach facilitates the creation of policy measures for
mitigating environmental damage by identifying the underlying causes of environmental issues in
the affected islands.
Summary
Accelerated erosion, drought, deforestation, and species extinction are all symptoms of
environmental degradation brought on by human activity, which is a current issue of major
worldwide significance. The repercussions of ecological damage, primarily caused by short-term
effects, may include dispute, a decrease in living standards and quality of life, and a decline in
biodiversity loss. Even so, longer-term effects of environmental deterioration might consist of the
atmosphere's inability to support population levels. For instance, there have been instances in the
past where cultural stress brought on by ecological deterioration may have contributed to the
collapse of societies on various dimensions, ranging from remote islands. The project is interested
in both locating historical occurrences of changes in the environment and degradation as well as
locating instances when environmental degradation has not been a significant problem. In this
instance, asking why human impact is minimal is just as important as considering why human
influence in other places has been severe. In addition, the project seeks to investigate the nature of
the environmental effect, its scope, and an understanding of the causes of the damages induced
ecological damage, including the conscious or unconscious conditions in which humans affect
their environment.
Conclusion
Many islands have unique qualities that make them ideal field sites for research on human-
environment interactions, such as their size, remoteness, ecology, and the tardy timing of human
occupation. Since of their often more diminutive size, island environments are susceptible to
human impact because this places more strain on their restricted, scarce, or finite resources. The
islanders' alternatives or safety nets are constrained by their frequently remote location. For
instance, it was not always practicable in past island cultures to import more resources to relieve
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the strain on the islands' current resources. Since many islands were only recently settled, their
biota has had ample opportunity to grow without human interference. As a result, when people do
ultimately colonize these islands, their biota will be even more vulnerable to anthropogenic
disruption. The initial quick increase in the human population and the expansion of animal species
also put further strain on the finite resources and the sensitive biota.
Such islands are ideal places to study previous human-environment interactions because of these
very same qualities. For instance, a distinct pre-people environmental baseline has been
established thanks to the relatively recent colonization of numerous islands, allowing researchers
to examine the early effects of human activity on some once-" pristine" natural surroundings. Due
to their isolation, these island regions also have less sociopolitical diversity, making it easier to
investigate the linkages between ecological and socio-political development and raising the
prominence of the effects noted in environmental records.
Compared to continental or landlocked cultures, where it is challenging to define geological,
biological, historical, and social borders, feedback, responses to change, and thresholds can be
studied at a more tolerable level. Moreover, the habitats of the North Atlantic islands are
particularly vulnerable to climate change because they are situated at a critical climatic border
where warm Atlantic and cold Arctic atmospheric circulation and current flow meet. Along with
having a more prominent effect on the local populace, these climatic processes also help to more
clearly identify climatic effects in the stance on climate change of the terrestrial ecosystem and
enable research into the relationships between people and weather.
Recommendations
To pressure the environment, the entire organization needs to gain the budgeted amount and ensure
that once they resume the services, there is smooth flow without a given form of disruption. Thank
you!
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