Millions of industries work everyday to manufacture and distribute the products that society demands. Wood, metals, chemicals, animals, water, plants, precious stones, mineral fuels, etc. are used to create all of the things that make life more comfortable. This puts a demand on Mother Earth to create these natural resources, and on industry to manipulate them into something more useful. Here enters environmental ethics. With the huge number of people in the world, resources are exhausted rapidly.
Humans have a responsibility toward earth's natural resources.
However, there are no clear-cut rules concerning this, and often people take advantage of the fruits of the earth. In this way, the population creates a serious threat to the earth and its resources. The population also brings hardships upon itself. Starvation, land use, overcrowding, and a limited water supply are a few problems that face the world today. According to the latest predictions of the US Census Bureau and other sources, the world population is expected to reach 6 billion in the year 2000, 7.9 billion by 2025, and over 9 billion by 2050.