Are We Doing Enough To Save The Environment?

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playing their part in keeping the air clean, the Ozone depletion rate in 2008 showed a drastic drop, down 37�g/m3 from the rate of 140�g/m3 in 2007. As such, I believe that people are indeed making successful attempts to save the environment.

Internationally, developing nations such as Singapore, Indonesia and several European states are in constant need of land. One such method to increase the amount of usable land it to clear forests to make space for the construction of buildings and houses, which pollutes the environment. However, many countries choose the more environmentally-friendly method of increasing their land, either by the landfill or the empoldering method. The Netherlands is one such country that uses the empoldering method to create new land for houses to be built. However, despite clearing land for houses, the government makes it compulsory, such that for a certain area of land cleared, a certain amount of forest has to be planted back elsewhere to compensate the ...

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