10 Interesting Fact About World environmental issues and sustainability

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• Indonesia is the country with the largest number of plastic discharged into the sea after China.
• Water in the Citarum River, Indonesia, is considered the worst polluted river in the world.
• Amazon Forest, which is considered as the lungs of the world, has experienced a deforestation of around 18.7 million hectares since the 1970s.
• Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic waste are thrown into the ocean, endangering marine life and humans.
• In the last 30 years, there has been a decline in insect population by 45%, which threatens the sustainability of human life on earth.
• The use of fossil energy, such as petroleum and natural gas, causes carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) which affects global climate change.
• Indonesia is a country with the largest peatland in the world, but poor management causes the land to be a large source of carbon emissions.
• The use of pesticides in agriculture causes environmental damage and threats to human health.
• Poor environments can affect human health, including increasing the risk of diseases such as asthma, cancer, and heart disease.
• Global climate change can trigger natural disasters, such as floods, drought, and storms that damage the environment and threaten human life.