Environmental studies and law

Law 674

From unsustainable to sustainable development

Lavisha Arora
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 Introduction

• We all live in a natural as well as social world

• Development cannot be of only rich or it means only high living
standards

• It has to be a holistic approach not just economic development

Social aspects, development and environment have a strong relation

What is unsustainable development?

It is:

• Unsystematic planning
• Irresponsible planning
• Living without planning
• Living without thinking about others

What is sustainable development?

• Development which is conducted without depletion of natural

resources

• It is based on improving the quality of life for all within the capacity of
natural ecosystem

Causes for Unsustainable Development.

• Some people argue that developing countries responsible for the

degradation. Others hold Developing Countries are responsible for them.

• The important issues is not rate of increase of National Pollution, it is

the rate of increase of Total Pollution. In this regard developed countries
contribute much more than developing countries.

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 • Some people argue that raising population in the third world
countries to be the crucial pollutant and it is essential to control it by all
means.

• People should look at environment as not only reserve of man but of

all living organism. So development has to sustain not only for man but
also for all living organisms.

Measures for sustainable Development:

• Using appropriate technology

It is one which is locally adaptable, ecofriendly e icient and culturally
suitable. It involves local labours, less resources and produces minimum
waste.the Concept is ‘’Design with Nature’’

• 3-R Approach
Reduce,Reuse and Recycle approach.
Reduce the usage and also reduce the wastage of resource by making
things that last longer
and are easier to recycle, reuse and repair.

• Promoting environmental education awareness

Environmental education will help in changing the thinking and attitude
of people towards environment.

• Population stabilisation
We can achieve sustainable development by controlling population.

• Conservation of nonrenewable resources

It should be conserved by recycling and reusing.

• Usage of renewable resources

Usage of renewable resources should not be faster than their
regeneration capacity.

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 Some issues of concern

• Waste land reclamation

• Greenhouse e ect
• Acid rain
• El Nino
• Ozone depletion – Ozone friendly chemicals are HFC 1349 and HCFC
22

• Other than these issues, biodiversity loss, over all pollution of water ,
air, noise are all

The Earth summit,1992 which was a direct consequence of the Brundtland

Commission’s Report. It was held in Rio de Janeiro.

The results of the Conference were the following:

1.The Framework Convention on Climate Change

2.The Convention on Biological Diversity

3.The Statement on Forest Principles

4.The Rio Declaration

5.Agenda 21

The sustainable development programme is friendly to the ecosystem in all

respects and has the capacity to absorb abrupt changes of the present and
the future. Sustainable development has also a strong element of socio-
political development. Thus, sustainable development programme must have
equal concern for all sections of the society with a balanced economic
development and environmental protection.

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