Environment: Are humans the number one problem?

The environment (or creation) needs humans. While this claim is uncontroversial for Christians, in some environmentalist circles this assertion attracts scorn.

Surely, humans are the environment’s number-one problem, the cause of widespread degradation and damage?

Some radical deep ecologists go further than this. Much further. They argue humans are a parasite to this world and the only solution to “save the planet” is for humans to voluntarily commit to our own extinction. Though it must be said that the great majority of environmentalists reject this extreme position.