Ecosystems Growing Increasingly Imbalanced

KOMPAS/VINA OKTAVIA

An elephant named Sugeng is picking up water in a drinking tub built by WWF-Indonesia, at the Way Kambas National Park Elephant Training Center on Friday (6/4).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS -- Development that puts too much emphasis on economic interests has led to environmental disasters throughout the world. Consequently, animal populations are declining and human life is at risk.

The Earth’s natural environment has suffered from degradations. Man’s greed, as reflected in development programs that put too much emphasis on economic interests, is seen as the main cause. This is despite nature having an important role in ensuring global prosperity and driving the global economy. A destroyed ecosystem may never recover.