Serie Solo Consecuencias
“En la naturaleza no hay castigos ni premios, solo consecuencias“
Robert B. Ingersoll
El proceso de degradación del suelo, resultante de las acciones humanas, se conoce como desertificación.
La pérdida de suelos fértiles, unidos a la incapacidad de los ecosistemas de cumplir con su función reguladora del medio ambiente es desestabilizante y supone graves problemas a nivel mundial.
Inevitablemente el impacto se hace sentir en el desarrollo sustentable de millones de personas y en la calidad de vida.
Bosques y selvas cada vez más reducidos por las talas e incendios provocados intencionalmente, sumado al mal uso y la modificación de los sistemas de irrigación transforman tierras fértiles en extensos desiertos.
Cuando la tierra es degradada su capacidad de recuperación se reduce sustancialmente provocando grandes costos sociales.
A lo largo de la historia la humanidad ha sido asolada por pandemias asociadas a depresiones económicas, guerras, hambrunas y alteraciones del ecosistema.
La COVID 19 no es la excepción. Está estrechamente ligada a problemas socio ambientales y productivos muchas veces invisibilizados.
El riesgo para la salud colectiva es innegable.
La sequía y la degradación de la tierra a menudo desencadenan crisis que se agravan con la falta de una adecuada distribución de los alimentos o la imposibilidad de adquirir lo que está disponible.
La implementación de políticas de gestión de la tierra y del agua sostenibles ayudaría a superar y evitar riesgos cada vez más extremos.
Broches: papel tratado, plata 9.25
Collares: papel tratado, cuerina, iman.
Objetos: papel tratado, cartón.
“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment; there are only consequences.”
Robert B. Ingersoll
Desertification is a process of land degradation in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities, rendering arable soil arid and lifeless.
The loss of fertile lands, in conjunction with the inability of the ecosystems they support to meet their environmental regulatory functions, is destabilizing and points to a dire global predicament
Forests and jungles are cleared by felling and intentionally razed with fire. The land suffers further insult through irresponsible exploitation and inference with natural irrigation systems, turning these formally lush landscapes into boundless deserts.
When the earth is constantly assaulted by these human pressures, it’s ability to recover is significantly reduced beyond what it could tolerate through natural processes. This, in turn, also has a social cost.
The suffering of the land has an inevitable impact on human development, felt as a loss of quality of life for millions of people.
Throughout history, mankind has been devastated by pandemics brought about by economic depression, war, famine, and changes in our ecosystem.
COVID 19 is no exception. Reduction of the natural environment has negatively impacted the health of wild fauna, while simultaneously increasing human interactions with these diseased animals as urban areas encroach closer and closer to their natural habitats.
Drought and the over exploitation of the land often triggers crises, made worse by the lack of adequate food distribution and access to safe available nutritional resources.
Spill over of zoonotic infections is thus inevitable as socio economic pressures and food insecurity permeate an invisibly languishing and disenfranchised population, colliding with a devastated and sickened wilderness, to create a catastrophic milieu.
The risk to the collective health of the world is undeniable.
The implementation of responsible land management policies, and sustainable access to safe water would greatly improve the efficacy of efforts towards overcoming and mitigating these ever more present and proximate risks.
Brooches: treated paper, silver 9.25.
Necklace: treated paper, magnet, imitation leather
Objects: treated paper, cardboard.
