lecture-demonstration on sustainable development

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Sustainable Development


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Evolution of Sustainable

Development


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The 1992 Earth Summit or the United NationsConference on Environment and Development(UNCED) in Rio de Jainero, Brazil

more than 3,000 government officials,

representatives from various sectors, and 110 headsof state attended;

the participants of the Conference was the official

linking of environment and development issues,including an explicit recognition that poverty itself is

a driving force behind large share of environmental

degradation.

Evolution of Sustainable Development


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Evolution of Sustainable Development

As a result, the participants agreed to implementa comprehensive action from then until the 21stcentury.

Under the Global Agenda 21, governments arerequired to prepare national sustainabledevelopment strategies.

The concept of sustainable development is notnew.Most of concerns in the Global Agenda 21 are havebeen reported in the 1987 Brundtland Report.


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Meaning of SustainableDevelopment


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a development that meets the needs of

present generations without compromising the

ability of the future generations to meet their ownneeds.

Brundtland Commission


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Principles of Sustainable

Development


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The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development(PCSD, 1998, in Olano and Vinoya, 2004) specificallyidentified the following principles of sustainabledevelopment:

Primacy of developing full human potential; Holistic science and appropriate technology; Cultural, moral and spiritual sensitivity; Self-determination; National sovereignty; Gender sensitivity; Peace, order and national unity;

Principles of Sustainable Development


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Social justice, inter and intra-generational equity andspatial equity;

Participatory democracy; Institutional viability; Viable, sound and broad-based economic development; Sustainable population; Ecological soundness; Bio-geographical equity and community-based

resource management; and

Global cooperation.

Principles of Sustainable Development


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Dimensions of Sustainable

Development


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Physical Dimension

one of the signalaccomplishments of Riowas the official linking ofenvironment anddevelopment issues,including an explicitrecognition that povertyitself is a driving force

behind a large share ofenvironmental

degradation.

Dimensions of Sustainable Development


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Economic Dimension

sustainable

development also

involves moreequitable access to

resources so that the

already poor will not

be forced to make

livelihood out ofalready limited orendangered resources.



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Political Dimension Despite efforts of

development agencies toprovide greater access tothe bases of social power,

the government holds thekey role in pervading theprospect to the poor.Nonetheless, the poorstill have little or nothingto do in the formulation

of policies and programsthat affect them. Theyremain or stay politicallydisempowered.



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Human Dimension

Like in any responsivedevelopment paradigm,the focus of sustainable

development is thehuman-person. However,sustainable developmentintegrates the material,social and transpersonalor (spiritual) development

of individuals and allcommunity members.



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Environmental Dimension

(e)fforts areundertaken to protect

the natural resources

needed for productionand cooking fuels from

soils to woodlots tofisheries, while

expanding production to

meet the needs of

the growing population.



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Technological Dimension

Instead of detesting ordespising due to their

unpleasant consequences,

we must developtechnologies that

maximize naturalresources and renewable

energies such as wind,

water and ocean are those

that promote recycling ofgoods to multiply the

value and usability of

resources



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Global Agenda 21 and

Philippine Agenda 21


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The Global Agenda 21

The Global Agenda 21 (or simply Agenda 21)

concludes that: an environmental policy that

focuses mainly on the conservation and

protection of the livelihoods of those whodepend on the resources is unlikely to succeed.

The Agenda 21 therefore aims to address a wide

of environmental and social issues that the

world now faces (UN, 1992).


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The Philippine Agenda 21

Under PA 21, sustainable developmentis considered as a harmoniousintegration of a sound and viableeconomy, responsible governance, socialcohesion and ecological integrity, toensure that development is a life-

sustaining process. PA 21 alsoenvisions:

a better quality of life for all through thedevelopment of a just, moral, creative,spiritual, economically-vibrant, caring,diverse yet cohesive society characterized

by appropriate productivity, participatoryand democratic process and living inharmony within the limits of the carryingcapacity of nature and the integrity ofcreation.


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Enhanced PA 21: Its Goal-

Elements


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Poverty Reduction

Consistent with this,the variousconsultations for theupdating of PA 21have yielded poverty

reduction agenda thatincludes measures tocreate an enablingeconomicenvironment forsustained and broad-

based growth;improve employment,productivity andincome; and attainfood security.


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Social equity

Social equity should meanallocation of resources onthe bases of efficiency andequity to achieve balanced

development. Efficiencyand equity mean thechanneling of resources todeveloping areas wheregreater economic benefitsaccumulate and where

there is greater need,distribution beingdependent on thepracticality and urgency ofneeds


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Empowerment and good governance

Empowerment is a pre-

condition of informal

choices. Good

governance is anecessary precondition

to empowerment, as

empowerment is to good

governance. These twoare a defining element of

each other.


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Peace and solidarity

The cycle of povertyandconflict goes on as the

costs of war escalate in

terms of various kinds ofdestruction while

withholding funds for

basic services, resulting in

more poverty and

underdevelopment.


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Ecological Integrity

In general, the pathtowards enhancing theintegrity of the countrysecological domain will have

to involve heightened andsustained implementationof environmental laws, aswell as the continuedpursuit of resourceconservation, and

environmental restoration/

enhancement programs


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