Members of the public have been urged to avoid activities that negatively impact the environment to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem. An Environmentalist, Professor Hyginus Oku stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Port Harcourt in commemoration of International Day for Biological Diversity, also known as Biodiversity Day.
Speaking on 2025 ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development’, Professor Oku mentioned urbanization, industrialization and burning as some activities that are detrimental to biodiversity. “Our lives depend on the kind of Biodiversity spectrum because from it we have our food, our water and the quality of air we breathe in. And this three components are unique and very essential to life.
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Man over the years are in one way or the other affected by biodiversity, industrialization, burning of fossil fuel, urbanization and so many other things we do daily that affects our environment. Man must be careful, Man must make effort that will not jeopardize his very existence”.
Another Environmentalist, Mr. Kelue Chukwuogu re-echoed the need for adequate management of wastes for a freer and more sustainable environment, decrying the way humans have been dealing with other species. “The World Biodiversity Day should make it possible for people to think about other species that are on this earth.
The United Nations declared 22nd of May annually as Biodiversity Day to increase understanding of its conservation and this years theme of ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development’, highlights the connections between people and the natural world.
