Relationship between people and nature.

People

Nature

Benifits to prople

Disadvantages to people

Lowering air temperature

Provide shade and reduces the amount of direct sunlight reaching the ground


Cools surrounding air through evapotranspiration

Taking in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide

Removal of pollutants

Absorb carbon dioxide and other air pollutants through photosynthesis

Small particles intercepted by the leaves are washed to the ground

Wetland plants can trap materials and absorb excess nutrients which improves overall water quality

Provision of recreation space

Numerous opportunities for outdoor activities

Direct and frequent interactions with nature brings improved our health and well-being benefits

Reduces severity and occurrence of health conditions

Increase human wildlife encounters

Due to

Urban expansion

Shirking of natural habitat this wildlife venture out for food and shelter in the urban area

People’s growing interest in outdoors

People spend more time in nature areas

Greening efforts in the urban area

Bring nature back in urban which attracts wildlife

Nature lead to limited developments

People feel of the needs of environment protection

Protest of the destruction of environment for build environment

Disadvantages to nature

Benefits to nature

Raising awareness

Encourage positive behaviour that does not damage the nature

Letting more people aware the importance of nature

Encouraging ways the restore nature. E.g recycle, reduce and reuse

Organise or participate in conservation efforts

Clean-up programmes to remove pollutants from the environment

Help restore natural habitat

Provide a healthy environment for spiecies to thrive

Cause soil erosion

Hiking which causes soil compaction

Prevents rainwater from infiltrating

Higher surface flow and water washing away the soil pariicles

Damaging vegetation

Trampling on vegatation

Building infastructure which effects the growth of vegetation

Worsening pollution

Littering

Releasing pollutants to the environment from factories

Releasing chemicals to the water bodies which reduce water quality

Disturbing wildlife

Animals get cut by metal cans

Entangled with plastic containers or bags

Animals mistake litter for food and consume them

Feeding wildlife

Changing their natural hunting habit

Dependent on humans