Monday, June 23, 2008

Controversial issue of environmental conservation


WWF had sent me an e-mail about saving the sea of HongKong, a contemporarily blooming country.
And the mail is about a champaign of signing an e-petition to urge the HongKong government to take action against the gradually deteriorate marine environment there.
At first, i really willing to participate in such meaningful stuff but after scanning through the suggestions in the petition, I really hesitate if the thing I'm doing now can gain us a better life..


The below list is the gists of the petition:

* Stop fishing in the existing Marine Parks, turning them into real sanctuaries that can truly protect marine life!
* Operate 10% of Hong Kong’s waters as "no-take zones", banning fishing and other disturbance, so fish stocks can recover and thrive once again!
* Stop uncontrolled fishing, by licensing all commercial fishing boats and setting catch quotas before the ecosystem collapses!
(quote from wwf official website)

Since that my dad is originated from a small fishing village, i clearly know how suffering the life of a fisherman was when the government controlled and limited the giving of fishing licenses.Most of them for sure cant even earn a living since they're not decently educated plus they are more conservative and refuse to live their hometown.So what can they do?People like us can surf net and post our discontent but they cant.Then, it's obvious that they will lose their job or start fishing illegally.This seems to bring more problems to the country when people stand up to object the policy of government.Indirectly, people like me will be blaimed for less concious in the issue of human rights.But this is a unavoidable war,the war between environment and human.
Human can control the environment and so does environment..

Quoted from today's guangming:
自古都是人调适自己去适应环境,但现在却本末倒置,由人去调适环境来适应自己。。
(所以说少开冷气机吧。。)
p/s:due to my low english proficiency,i cant translate this quote.sorry for the inconvenience..


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