MAWF stronly beleive as every living creature on this planet depends on nature for sustenance, environmental protection has become more important than ever before. It is not simply about food, clothes or shelter anymore – it is much beyond that. We are depleting natural resources faster than nature can replenish them.
One of the most difficult challenges that we are facing is environmental degradation, resulting from deforestation, pollution, and climate change. Deteriorating environmental conditions have resulted in many other problems such as scarcity of resources, poor sanitation and hygiene, as well as calamities such as floods and droughts. We humans are causing excessive damage to the environment, many of which are irreversible.
The following figures stand as a testimony to that:
- We are losing 7.3 million hectares of forest every year
- Around 5.2 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans around the world
- Nearly 7 million people die every year because of poor air quality
- About 21.5 million people have been forced to relocate because of the ill-effects of climate change in the past 12 years
- Nearly 90% of solid waste in West Asia is disposed of as landfills, resulting in severe land pollution and contamination of groundwater which in turn leads to health and sanitation-related issues