Nepal Vs. Somalia
Nepal
Environmental degradation is a detrimental issue in Nepal which is causing hazards to human health. The list of current environmental challenges in Nepal is long and contains many issues. Environmentally and economically, Nepal is weak in every aspect.
The causes of current issues in Nepal include the collection of firewood. Removing branches and trees more frequently than they can be replanted is an issue that competes with deforestation, both of which lead to high levels of carbon that can not be as easily cleared as a country like Canada which has a plentiful supply of trees. Even with environmental pressure from tourism, efforts to bring down pollution are inadequate and threaten the safety of the people of Nepal. Another issue that plagues Nepal is the approach to fishing.
Unlike Canada, where fishermen use nets or "good ole' fashioned fishing rods," in Nepal explosives and poison are used for fishing. Not only does this soil the supply of fish, coating the product in harsh chemicals and poison, but it leaves bodies of water contaminated where civilians use the water to swim, bathe and drink. This and the inappropriate disposal of waste leave environments unsanitary and dangerous. Another issue of Nepal includes a widely popular practice, collecting medical plants. A harmless act, though it leads to over collection and lack of medicinal plants for professional use.
Despite the constant flooding of Nepal's poison festered waters, there is a phenomenal lack of water preservation in the nation. The people of Nepal have not been rationalizing their water supply and as a result, their small supply of clean water quickly diminishes everyday. An abundance of poverty plagues the country and those who live in these abrasive conditions receive no aid from their government. Concerning Nepal's government, it is understandable as to why the people of Nepal live in such an issue-plagued country. Lack of proper and frequent documentation, weak institutional capacities, weak administrative capacities, inadequate date and information management and inadequate strategies for environmental protection all amount to a counter-productive government and have only helped plunge the people of Nepal into such poor living standards.
Perhaps the most shocking and absurd issue that the country of Nepal is forced to deal with is not animal poaching or irrigation canals (though they contribute greatly), but rather the sheer low level of public awareness. Through this simple brief you have learned more about the country of Nepal and it's standards of living than the people of Nepal have themselves. If only these people could be educated, then they would have the ability to pull their country into a process of development instead of having to rely on foreign aid and their (useless) government to find solutions.
The causes of current issues in Nepal include the collection of firewood. Removing branches and trees more frequently than they can be replanted is an issue that competes with deforestation, both of which lead to high levels of carbon that can not be as easily cleared as a country like Canada which has a plentiful supply of trees. Even with environmental pressure from tourism, efforts to bring down pollution are inadequate and threaten the safety of the people of Nepal. Another issue that plagues Nepal is the approach to fishing.
Unlike Canada, where fishermen use nets or "good ole' fashioned fishing rods," in Nepal explosives and poison are used for fishing. Not only does this soil the supply of fish, coating the product in harsh chemicals and poison, but it leaves bodies of water contaminated where civilians use the water to swim, bathe and drink. This and the inappropriate disposal of waste leave environments unsanitary and dangerous. Another issue of Nepal includes a widely popular practice, collecting medical plants. A harmless act, though it leads to over collection and lack of medicinal plants for professional use.
Despite the constant flooding of Nepal's poison festered waters, there is a phenomenal lack of water preservation in the nation. The people of Nepal have not been rationalizing their water supply and as a result, their small supply of clean water quickly diminishes everyday. An abundance of poverty plagues the country and those who live in these abrasive conditions receive no aid from their government. Concerning Nepal's government, it is understandable as to why the people of Nepal live in such an issue-plagued country. Lack of proper and frequent documentation, weak institutional capacities, weak administrative capacities, inadequate date and information management and inadequate strategies for environmental protection all amount to a counter-productive government and have only helped plunge the people of Nepal into such poor living standards.
Perhaps the most shocking and absurd issue that the country of Nepal is forced to deal with is not animal poaching or irrigation canals (though they contribute greatly), but rather the sheer low level of public awareness. Through this simple brief you have learned more about the country of Nepal and it's standards of living than the people of Nepal have themselves. If only these people could be educated, then they would have the ability to pull their country into a process of development instead of having to rely on foreign aid and their (useless) government to find solutions.
Somalia
For almost a decade now, the Somalian territory has been taken to ransom by ruthless warring warlords, gangs and high way robbers, whose catastrophic wrongdoing has brought that land it’s people into a position of utter ruin. Today, however, the situation seems to be getting better and there is cause for hope. That is why Nerda has the ambition to benefit from this opportunity.
The prolonged civil wars and starvation dragged the citizens into refuge and perpetual vagrant life. As a result of that, a state of anarchy has emerged, which in turn induced famine and starvation. Cities, towns and villages are harshly tackled into anarchy by the cross-long wars, lack of job opportunity, lack of production, lack of stability and amenity. There are now many people concerned about the condition of the countryside and jungles as a nomadic life, but this people had have neither choice nor interest in exploiting it. With the objectively measured increase in environmental problems in the countryside, particularly, people never use latrines due to impossibility in such circumstance. One main reason is that poverty is the main direct source of Somalian ecological problems, and that is, in reality, extremely caused by the civil war. Poverty endured to the population malnutrition, high mortality, poor or lack of medical facilities, lack of educational facilities, low or lack of income per head and lack of productivity at all.
In short, Somalians are stranded in a phenomena or circumstance of extreme poverty, violations of human rights, tribalism, xenophobia and, not least environmental degradation, is moving to the forefront of political awareness. Some of these serious problems are becoming increasingly visible such as the environmental degradation which is the most serious problem. Thus, Somalia is in a state of a major environmental degradation. Little is known about this by the international community.
Somalia is a virgin land. It has various kinds of natural resources. Gold, oil, cement, gases, diamond and many other useful materials are enriched therein, but none of these are yet tapped. The grass and fertile lands are suitable for grazing livestock and for crop farming. Mineral resources are relatively diverse, but have not been exploited well. It is known as deposits include oil, corrosion, copper, manganese, gypsum, iron, marble, tin, uranium and others.
The prolonged civil wars and starvation dragged the citizens into refuge and perpetual vagrant life. As a result of that, a state of anarchy has emerged, which in turn induced famine and starvation. Cities, towns and villages are harshly tackled into anarchy by the cross-long wars, lack of job opportunity, lack of production, lack of stability and amenity. There are now many people concerned about the condition of the countryside and jungles as a nomadic life, but this people had have neither choice nor interest in exploiting it. With the objectively measured increase in environmental problems in the countryside, particularly, people never use latrines due to impossibility in such circumstance. One main reason is that poverty is the main direct source of Somalian ecological problems, and that is, in reality, extremely caused by the civil war. Poverty endured to the population malnutrition, high mortality, poor or lack of medical facilities, lack of educational facilities, low or lack of income per head and lack of productivity at all.
In short, Somalians are stranded in a phenomena or circumstance of extreme poverty, violations of human rights, tribalism, xenophobia and, not least environmental degradation, is moving to the forefront of political awareness. Some of these serious problems are becoming increasingly visible such as the environmental degradation which is the most serious problem. Thus, Somalia is in a state of a major environmental degradation. Little is known about this by the international community.
Somalia is a virgin land. It has various kinds of natural resources. Gold, oil, cement, gases, diamond and many other useful materials are enriched therein, but none of these are yet tapped. The grass and fertile lands are suitable for grazing livestock and for crop farming. Mineral resources are relatively diverse, but have not been exploited well. It is known as deposits include oil, corrosion, copper, manganese, gypsum, iron, marble, tin, uranium and others.