Climate Change, Ecosystem Disruption, and Health Crises: The Role of Anthropogenic Activities with a Focus on COVID-19 | Chapter 4 | Current Advances in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Health Sector

 

The anthropogenic or human activities cause damage to the environment on a global scale due to over-consumption, overexploitation, pollution, and deforestation, leading to an existential risk to the human race and other living species. Anthropogenic impact on ecosystems in urban areas brings change in both biotic and abiotic conditions by converting undeveloped land into anthropocentric habitats. The increase in urbanisation in more and more areas through the construction of high-rise buildings, communication towers, high- ways, fly-overs is detrimental to biodiversity and wildlife. The growth of the population is one of the main factors in causing disturbances in biodiversity and ecosystems. The population has been taken as an indirect factor of biodiversity loss. It has also been noted that the demand for resources like food, fuel, etc. is directly proportional to the growth of the population. So the Government should be aware of population growth in the country. The recent COVID-19 has given us a great warning to remind us to take care of the environment of the planet before doing any deforestation, land-use changes and also to rethink reforestation to re-establish the natural habitat of ethnic people and animals. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease that first emerged from China in December 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation shortly thereafter. The outbreak brought unprecedented changes in the lifestyle of the people to a great extent. This pandemic gives a great warning to people of all countries to raise awareness about preserving climate, ecosystems, natural forests and wildlife. Recent studies have drawn attention to the future spread of infectious diseases like coronavirus and the global climate emergency. The aim of this review is to investigate the impact of anthropogenic activities on climate change and global warming, and how these environmental disturbances affect ecosystems. Additionally, the study seeks to explore the interconnections between ecological degradation and the emergence or spread of global health crises by spreading deadly infectious diseases like the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Author(s) Details

Professor Satyesh Chandra Roy
Department of Botany, Centre of Advanced Study for Cell and Chromosome Research, University of Calcutta, India.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-81-989371-7-9/CH4