EA 2020

Wildlife is a word used to describe the non-domesticated living things, mainly animals and plants. Humans have been trying to domesticate these creatures for the benefits of mankind, which has led to many damaging impacts on environment and the wildlife itself. Ever since the creation of mankind, human himself has been using the facilities of leather, silk, and fur to wear; Milk, eggs, meat to eat and using bones as weapons; In fact man has been trying to use and apply anything he can get his hands on from the wildlife and in the process the wildlife suffered many losses such as extinction as the basic factor. Although wildlife destruction is not always responsible for the extinction of a species, but the loss of a certain creature across entire earth is a big problem and dominates all the other problems caused by wildlife destruction, from which there is no return.

The need of the day is to conserve the wildlife as much as possible keeping the human needs balanced with it. For that purpose, we can apply our knowledge of science and try to stop the damage done to the earth`s biodiversity. Although the damage done is irreversible, the least we can do is to bring the rate at a minimum if impossible to stop it. For that very matter we have to consider the basic ecological principles which are mainly the ‘carrying capacity’, ‘succession’ or ‘disturbance’.

There was a need to develop a balance the human health and the wildlife preservation and for that matter the scientists developed eco-health. This is basically looking after the effects of the changing eco-systems’ effects on the human health and its consequences. The scientists are studying the changing and mutating viruses and how the diseases are changing their course of actions. The advantages of eco-health includes that it is not like a traditional study.

Advantages

• Humans can live a better life by living healthy and preserve the wildlife at the same time.
• New ways could be found out to decrease the rates of epidemics and the organisms that cause them in the first place. They can also be mutated of transformed to produce immunity or the cure to the very disease.
• Eco-health can make us aware of the environmental issues around us and stop the damage we ourselves are causing. For example, we can switch to hybrid vehicles to reduce air pollution which in turn can decrease the lungs allergies, etc.
• The relationship between ecological sustainability and human health is satisfied.
• Eco-health also advises us to stop changing the landscape around us as the biology of diseases is greatly affected by the environment around us.
• Eco-health will also benefit the wildlife mutually in addition to only humans. For example, if we treat the water at the nearby flowing river, the species of fish living in that river as a habitat will also get the benefit.
• The pest control can be made effective and less threatening to other plants and crops by improving their standards for the betterment of human health.