Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.

3. HUMAN IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT FACTORS: Factors contributing to ENVIRONMENTAL LOSS are:  DEFORESTATION,  OVER-POPULATION,  WASTE,  POLLUTION,  OVERUSE/WASTAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES,  ENERGY INDUSTRY etc…. …

Nature-based solutions, such as conserving forests, wetlands and coral reefs, can help communities prepare for, cope with, and recover from disasters, including slow-onset events such as drought. They can also reduce the secondary impacts from non-climate-related disasters such as landslides following an earthquake.

How To Stay Safe During Natural Disasters

• Take cover under a sturdy table or other pieces of furniture, and hold on until the shaking stops.
• Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture.
• Stay inside until the shaking stops, and it is safe to go outside.
• Do not use the elevators.

Safety precautions must be strictly adhered to because if they are not, some employees can put all other employees at risk. Work place accidents translate into days missed for work, reduced productivity, and lost profits.

In a disaster, you face the danger of death or physical injury. You may also lose your home, possessions, and community. Such stressors place you at risk for emotional and physical health problems. Stress reactions after a disaster look very much like the common reactions seen after any type of trauma.

Countries with the most natural disasters in 2019