Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Introduction
Development Vs Environment
Intra Generation and Inter Generation Equality
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Throughout our existence on this planet, we the human race have been
slowly developing from one stage to other. Starting from the discovery of light to
concepts like robots and cloning, our human race has developed like no other
organism thanks to our sixth sense. The development of humans is inevitable
and our very purpose of life is to develop as time progresses.
However today we are developing at a very fast speed that we have caused a
risk for the future generations. The development of human race particularly in the
last fifty years has been very huge and not considering the availability of natural
resources. The development of any organism (includes us) is based on the
availability of natural resources. When the development starts to compromise on
the natural resources, it is the first sign of demolition.
Environment and Development should go hand with hand and not against
each other. But today it is only the worst case – going against each other!
DEVELOPMENT Vs ENVIRONMENT
We had earlier discussed the various impacts on our environment
components – air, water and land. In this heading, we will have a brief summary
of all the major developments activities and their effect on our environment.
1. Forest Clearing, Timber Extraction and Land Settlements
• Destroys the surface of the land, degrades the land and reduces the
production potential of future forests.
• Danger of jeopardizing mangrove swamps and coral reefs, which are two
major natural attributes of costal areas.
CONCLUSION
Let us leap into the Indian perspective into this issue. India is the world’s
eighth largest economy and is among the 10 most industrialized countries.
Stimulated by a program of economic liberalization beginning in 1991, India’s
economy grew by 5 percent a year, on average, during 1992–97. However, rapid
economic and industrial growth is causing severe urban and industrial pollution. A
1995 World Bank study conservatively estimated India’s annual environmental
damage at 45 percent of its economy. Therefore the economic and social
development we perceive is not a real development if it tends to damage the
environment. Therefore we need to create a situation where development and
environment should go hand in hand and not against each other. It should be
environment & development and not environment vs development. Such a
development is called sustainable development and we shall discuss about it in
the next section.