Environmental pollution

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– understand the relationship between the introduction of substances, energy and species into the environment by man and the changes that they cause in the environment
– understand the adverse effects of pollution on the standard of living of humankind
– understand the adverse effects of pollution on all the components of the natural environment and the relationships that exist in it
– understand the dependency of humankind on environmental resources and factors
– understand why it is necessary to include the effects of human activity on nature in macroeconomic planning and accounting
– understand why it is necessary to minimise the adverse effects of human activity on the environment.