Sustainable Development

1. Sustainable
Development

2.  The process of positive change without depleting the
nature is sustainable development.
 Alternatively, the development that is eco-friendly is
called sustainable development.
 Durable development, as we call to sustainable
development, is important for long term purpose. It is
an economic and environment-friendly approach on
development. Though the concept of such
development emerged much earlier in the world,
Nepal is just realizing its importance. Now, it is a high
time to implement this approach in all development
works of the nation.
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3. Introduction
 The earth is our common home. Hour survival and
development is impossible without the environment. But the
environmental resources are limited and have certain
carrying capacities. At the same time, due to explosive
population growth and large-scale technological discoveries,
human needs are always growing. The earth cannot be made
bigger and richer so as to supply our growing needs. We
cannot simply ignore the needs of the future generations
either. ON the one hand our development activities should
be enabled to continue in long term. On the other hand the
future generation must get at least what we have got. So we
must use the resources wisely, carefully and responsibly so
that we will live and will also let others live after us. This is
what we call sustainable development. It includes the three
major aspects: economic development, social development,
and environmental conservation.
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4. Introduction ….
 The concept of sustainable development is new thought it had
been somewhat practised even by the people of the distant past.
Towards mi-20th century, excessive utilization of the natural
resources and their destruction taking place made the
environmentalists anxious. They began to advocate for better
exploitation of the nature however. However, the term was first
used in 1980 by the World Conservation Strategy which explained
sustainable development as ‘a path for human progress that has
the capacity to continue in the long term’. Later in 1987 the term
got international recognition through the report from the
Brundtland Commission chaired by the Norwegian Prime
Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. According to the report
published as ‘Our Common Future’ that was adopted by the 42nd
session of the Un General Assembly, sustainable development is
‘economic and social development that meets the needs of the
current generation without undermining the ability of future
generations to meet their won needs.’
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5. Objectives of Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is goal-oriented. It’s long lasting
and environmental friendly. The major objectives of
sustainable development can be listed as under.
 To use means and resources wisely
 To run development smoothly and effectively
 To achieve high, stable and sustainable economic growth
 To maintain balance between population and environment
 To check environmental degradation
 To help alleviate poverty
 To encourage public participation
 To promote social justice among people
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6. Features of Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is a well-planned and well-organized
development effort. Its major characteristic features are listed
below.
 Sustainable development helps make best utilization of means
and resources.
 It controls utilitarian (useful) culture.
 It helps achieve high and broad economic growth.
 It best fulfills the needs of the current generation and respects the
needs of the future.
 It helps in fair distribution of means and resources.
 It causes least possible damage to the environment.
 It maintains harmony between population and environment.
 It increases the use of perpetual natural resources and decreases
that of other types of resources.
 It integrates conservation programmes with development
programms.
 It focuses on 3 R’s: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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7. Importance of Sustainable Development
 Sustainable development is essential to maintain
harmonious relationship between environment and human
being.
 It is important to collect world’s support for the conservation
of environment.
 It is needed to follow sustainable development to conserve
biodiversity.
 It supports for the sustainable solution of poverty alleviation.
 It is important to run development activities for long time.
 It is beneficial for the sustainable economic development of
the country.
 It focuses on renewable natural resources.
 It ensures the meaningful investment of capital and other
means.
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8. Following things should be done while carrying
development activities
 Availability of natural resources and their carrying capacity
 Prioritization of current needs and demands
 Needs and demands of the future generation
 State of public participation
 Sources of funding and its sufficiency
 Appropriateness of available technologies
 Balance between population and environment
 Potential environmental risks (damages) and mitigating
measures.
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9. Dimensions/Aspects of Sustainable development
Economic
Spectrum(Area)
Social and Cultural
Spectrum
Natural Spectrum Political Spectrum
It suggests
about an
economic rule
that
contributions
towards
building a
strong
responsive and
competitive
economy
It suggests
about the social
and cultural
rule supporting
a strong,
vibrant and
healthy
community
Natural
spectrum
explains about
a unique
environmental
role
contributing
towards
protection and
enhancement
of natural
environment
Political
spectrum
explains about
a stable
political system
minus conflict
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10. Methods of sustainable Development
 There is no alternative to sustainable development. But the job of
environmental care cannot be left to one or two individuals or
countries. As our distant forbears collaborated for obtaining food
and warding off wild animals, we need to collaborate today both
in meeting our needs and in environmental protection. Greater
level of collaboration is needed to manage to tackle great
environmental challenges such as the climate change. Countries at
their individual levels should integrate conservation activities
with their development activities. Private sector which controls
national economy to a large extent should also be responsible
towards environmental care. Our religious imply that forest, land,
water, etc. must be revered and preserved as they also contain god
and support life. Respect for the environment should be
developed among all consumers. Civil societies should give
pressure to the government towards building proper co-ordination
among population, resources, environment and development.
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11. Methods …
 Poverty is a major obstacle. ‘Hunger fears no gallows’. (If
people are poor they don’t hesitate to break laws and cause
destruction of natural resources). Poor communities tend to
supply their basic needs at the cost of the environment.
Sustainable development cannot be ensured as long as
poverty prevails. That’s why economic plans should give
priority to the fulfillment of the basic needs of all people.
Proper technologies should be applied and alternative energy
sources should be used more. Finally everyone must be
committed to control the explosive population growth
because too many people are sure to take too little care of the
environment.
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12. Method of Sustainable Development
 Increment of public participation in development activities
 Wise use of natural resources
 Collaboration with private sector is essential in development
and environment conservation activities.
 Focuses on alternative use of energy.
 Respect for the environment should be developed among the
people.
 Poverty and unemployment should be eliminated.
 Overpopulation should be controlled.
 New technology should be effectively implemented in the
conservation activities.
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13. Homework
 What is sustainable development? Write the
importance of sustainable development in the context
of our country, Nepal.
 Write dialogue between two friend about sustainable
development.
 ‘Hunger fears no gallows’ Explain.
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