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As I usually say, I love nature and I really enjoy writing about nature. The environment is a natural phenomena that needs to be preserved and maintained so that it can be very much useful for us, then we can enjoy our environment.

A brief look at what an environment means:

Environment can be defined as a sum total of all the living and non-living elements and their effects that influence human life. While all living or biotic elements are animals, plants, forests, fisheries, and birds, non-living or abiotic elements include water, land, sunlight, rocks, and air. [Link](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://byjus.com/commerce/meaning-and-functions-of-environment/%23:~:text%3DEnvironment%2520can%2520be%2520defined%2520as,sunlight%252C%2520rocks%252C%2520and%2520air.&ved=2ahUKEwiw0sWUsaaHAxVzUkEAHUoEBdUQFnoECBcQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2tWIbd6Hk3yCwpuWuviSgl)


When we do not take care of our environment, we are destroying it. Our environment should be preserved and not destroyed. We need to make sure we take care of the environment because the consequences of misusing our surroundings can be severe.

Environmental damage or degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. [Link](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.informea.org/en/terms/environmental-damage%23:~:text%3DDefinition(s),and%2520the%2520extinction%2520of%2520wildlife.&ved=2ahUKEwj02IWOsaaHAxUHa0EAHWTLDhAQFnoECA8QBQ&usg=AOvVaw07Pq3ptQdQpMCYEX5ENaNg)



Environmental damage, according to this concept of the environment, is understood as pollution of the air, soil and water, depletion of limited natural resources, reduced biodiversity and disturbance of global as well as local ecosystems. [Link](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/environmental-damage%23:~:text%3DEnvironmental%2520damage%252C%2520according%2520to%2520this,as%2520well%2520as%2520local%2520ecosystems.&ved=2ahUKEwj02IWOsaaHAxUHa0EAHWTLDhAQFnoECBYQBQ&usg=AOvVaw3X3Gi_kjt5yXzgLGU9re_-)


Sometimes the destruction of the environment can be so little and insignificant to some folks that they do not take cognisance of the situation, but let us try to keep our environment clean and free from any kind of pollution. It will be safe especially for us.




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