World Environment Day

Once again the world is celebrating World Environment Day. But have we been able to keep our envirnment clean and habitable. Big multinational companies still polute the environment without thinking about the repercussions on the human beings and animals living in it. People still dump waste in gutters, mining companies and illegal miners still pollute our water bodies, and toxic fumes are also released into the atmosphere by the big companies. What happened to the Kyoto Protocol? This is being flouted with impunity all over the world. The environment will one day be destroyed and humankind will be left without any natural resources. Our rivers, lakes and streams are fast drying up. The tree population in the world keeps on dwindling by the day as a result of illegal felling and the complicity of politicians. A case in point is the Amazon forest and if care is not taken as the saying goes, 'when the last tree dies the last man dies'. People pollute the environment and they easily get away with it, meanwhile we have laws to regulate their activities. Our politicians only make sure that they benefit from where their interests lie. The sea level keeps on rising by the day as a result of global warming and within a few years to come, most coastal cities will be washed away. When nature decides to take care of itself, humankind will have no answer to its wrath as it will unleash havoc and destruction as a form of punishment for how badly it (nature) has been treated. This will be at a high cost both in human casualties and monetary. We should try our best to prevent the destruction of the environment and preserve it for our own good. The various agencies in charge of the regulation of the environment should sit up and ensure that the right thing is done otherwise disaster will befall humankind.