OUR PLANET ....
What Is It's Future ?

" While humans for millennia have feared ' acts of God' such as deluge and drought,
they now are vunerable to much worse:
' acts of man ' played out through nature,"
The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP )
released a comprehensive report urging action to correct environmental woes
before it is to late.

Executive director of UNEP, Klaus Toepfer, says;
" We know enough now to see how our actions or lack of actions might shape the environment and the inhabitants of this
extrordinary blue planet
by 2032."

Some environmental progress has been made since UNEP was established
in 1972.
As reported in The Toronto Star,
" the quality of air and waters has improved in Europe and North America,
and checks on chemical emissions have made it possible for recovery of
ozone layer damage."

Also forest management programs, such as thoses in Canada, Finland,
Norway, and the United States,
" are ensuring that the impace of over- harvesting of timber will be reduced."

Even so, the UNEP report says that if economic growth continues unchecked and more of the earth's surface is absorbed into cities,
this will have a disastrous effect on wildlife and biodiversity.

The Globe stated: " About half the world's rivers are polluted or seriously depleted..
Eighty countries holding 40 percent of the world's population have serious
water shortages."
Toepfer believes that " decisive action can achieve positive results.
" He adds: " We need a concrete action plan... concrete projects...
and above all a clear decleration."

But what hope is there if world leaders are resistent to acting in the best
interests of the planet ?

Be assured , there is one who has made " a clear declaration "
and who will take " decisive action "-- Jehovah God.
In fact , he has gone on record unambiguosly stateing that he will
intervene and " bring to ruin thoses ruining the earth."
{ Revelation 11:18}

Furthermore, God assures us that earth's ecosystems will be restored.
The deserts will blossom.
{ Isaiah 35:1 }

Food will be plentiful. Rivers will be free of pollution.
{ Psalms 72:16; 98:8 }

God guarantees a blessing for every liveing thing on earth..
{ Psalm 96:11,12 }