With the discernible damages being caused to the nature in the name of development, the need to strike a balance between economy and wilderness is becoming more and more important. Hundreds of yards of lands are wiped for moneymaking by industries and nations. The given argument states the need for countries to pass regulations for preserving wilderness, if remaining, in their natural state as is, in areas that could be developed to provide significant economic gains. I believe the recklessness of humankind has caused such desecration of the nature that economic development should become peripheral to the needs of the environment now.

The damages generally caused to the wilderness in order to develop an area aren’t as provincial as they seem at first. More often not, such impetuous decisions are myopic in nature and tend to cause more harm than the initial estimates on a much wider level. For instance, the thoughtless wiping forest area from the Amazon rain forests in 2019 has detrimental impacts not just on Brazil, but the entire sub-continent. Not only did the figures for rainfall plummeted for the entire subcontinent, it also led to the size of the ozone hole above the United States to enlarge above the stratosphere. And it is a well-known scientific fact that damages caused to the ozone layer are almost irreparable. In a way, the entire world paid for one chunk of the wilderness being disturbed for a single nation’s development. Had there been strict laws to preserve the natural state of the area, all of the aforementioned consequences would have been avoided.

To add to this, nature’s forces are considered one of the strongest known to mankind and much of the reasons behind natural disasters are reported to be human interference with the wilderness. Mindless destruction for the sake of development and profit can hamper with the natural habitat of the area and create an imbalance that might disrupt the geological forces. For instance, in order to connect two major towns in Himalayas situated in India and reduce the cost for the trade route, a major highway and tunnel project was passed to cut through the rough terrains, which, when worked upon, caused a major landslide in the area sometime around 2008.

Of course, economic gains cannot completely go for a toll when it comes to a nation’s development. It certainly should be the primary concern of a nation to improve the lives of its citizens, which comes through such developments. Yet again, for the masses and governments to work towards their and ultimately the nation’s benefit, it is important to have the activities that hamper the wilderness strictly regulated.
With the right laws in place to preserve the wilds in a country, the destruction that comes with development can be attenuated. And since it is impossible to scrutinize every action taken in the name of development for consciousness, it can only be achieved through laws.