The flora and fauna on our planet is great and diverse. According to one winged expression, man is the crown of nature, the main result of its development. In this case, it does not matter if he was created by the Almighty or accidentally descended from a monkey. The main thing is that he appeared and began to behave on Earth as a master. Of course, as a manager of available resources, he did not emerge overnight. And the protection of nature did not stand before him as a priority. Quite the contrary, the agenda was to take from the environment as much as possible and with minimal effort.
At a certain stage of its development, the human community maintained a balance of consumption and reproduction of the surrounding vegetation. Natural landscapes, if they suffered damage from human activity, were restored in a short time and compensated for the damage caused to them
. This applies to both vegetation and the animal world. It should be noted that nature conservation has long been the subject of human concern, but not because, unlike the entire animal kingdom, it was endowed with reason and consciousness. To a large extent, the
instinct of self-preservation worked
.
For a long time, deadlines were set for hunting a wild beast. It was necessary not only to obtain valuable fur and nutritious product, but also to allow animals to breed. This was not yet a conservation society, but the first conscious action to save it. Large-scale use of natural resources began as a result of the development of science and technology. Wood turned out to be the resource that is in demand in various fields of human activity. In order to meet the growing demand,
deforestation began on all continents. As a result, streams and rivers began to grind and disappear.
Many species of animals and birds, deprived of their usual habitat, began to disappear. By this time, environmental protection has become an urgent need. The fact is that changing the quality of the habitat for wild animals, people involuntarily changed their own living conditions. Today, everyone is well aware that in major cities there is practically no clean air. The atmosphere here is heavy from smoke from the pipes and exhaust gases of cars. The exact same situation with drinking water. That is why the protection of nature in Russia has become an important task. If you delay her decision, then the entire territory of the country runs the risk of becoming a huge dump.
Currently, the state and public structures are faced with a complex task - the protection of nature cannot be limited to any local project. The first thing you should pay
attention to is the conservation of still existing natural resources. For these purposes, reserves, nature reserves and
national parks are being created. Here animals and vegetation are in their natural conditions, and human activity is limited to a minimum limit. The second direction is soil restoration and restoration of fauna in those territories where production activity was previously conducted. It can be cuts, quarries, clearings and other land plots.