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Dynamics Of Extinction
Shri Bharatbhai B Shah
To satisfy human cgoistic, political and cconomic objectives, the corporate exploration of the 'natural world-life proceeds space from the artict to the antarctic Habitat loss, unhealthy competition for remaining finite resources, air-water pollution and species extinction are examples of devasting effect "Homo Sapies' has exerted upon the planet
Earth's biota now appears to be entering an era of extinction that may rival or surpass in scale that which occured at the end of "CRETACEOUS' some sixty-five million years ago What is unique and particularly frightening about the current global destruction is that for the first time, the crisis is going to be a result not of some catalysmic, intersteller event, such as the asteroid impact which forced the dinosaurs and about 55% of earth's other marine species into extinction but rather is being precipitated by an overshoot of carrying capacity by an everenlarging human population and ruthless destruction of animals and forests
The steeply rising curve of exponential human growth superimposed on a plot of the rapidly declining life-sustained both should herald alarm and call for responsible emergency action But instead there is increased political immaturity and instability as nations are themselves in an attempt to obtain ever-dwindling all natural resources of the world for their own self-centered economic benefit
As the earth's expensiveness becomes seemingly smaller it is imperative to begin thinking in terms of members of an international community which can't survive without mutual trust and co-operation and love must supplant the
patriarchal dominionistic attitudes of competing, warring nations The homocentric assumptions which sanction the destruction have neither a moral nor rational basis and we all must challenge them on every front The continued destruction of all animal lives and wild lands in order to obtain more legal tender to keep a frail economic system in power a little longer must be viewed as the genocide which it really is
Although the violent history of humanity gives us a little cause for hope, we must also remember that in our bodies is the genetic information beginning with the dawn of biologic life and shared with all the creation We have an inherent will
| SR No. | 011085 |
| Book Title | Perspectives in Jaina Philosophy and Culture |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Satish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani |
| Publisher | Ahimsa International |
| Publication Year | 1985 |
| Total Pages | 269 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 12 MB |