Protect Resource Technology, Provide Basic Human Needs, and Agricultural Necessity. The document discusses why sustainable development is important and the role technology can play. It focuses on how technology can help protect resources, provide basic needs for food and energy, and support agricultural needs to ensure these resources are available for current and future generations. The document outlines technologies that can help with agricultural productivity, environmental services, energy access, local development projects, and communication.

1. Sustainable
Development & the Role
of Technology

2. s U A L P
Sustainable development refers to a
mode of human development in which
resource use aims to meet human needs
while ensuring the sustainability of
natural systems and the environment, so
that these needs can be met not only in
the present, but also for generations to
come.

3. Why Is Sustainable Development Important?
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4. Wh tainable development important?
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5. W inable development is important?
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Provide Basic Human Needs
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6. Why is sustainable development important?
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Provide Basic Human Needs
Agricultural Necessity
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7. Why is sustainable development important?
Protect Resource Technology
Provide Basic Human Needs
Agricultural Necessity
Accommodate City Development
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8. Why is sustainable development important?
Protect Resource Technology
Provide Basic Human Needs
Agricultural Necessity
Accommodate city Development
Control Climate Change
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9. Why is sustainable development important?
Protect Resource Technology
Provide Basic Human Needs
Agricultural Necessity
Accommodate City Development
Control Climate Change
Sustain Biodiversity
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10. The Role of Technology in Sustainable Development
Agricultural Technologies
• improve productivity and
soil and water
conservation, and maintain
reasonable costs of food
and fiber.
• improving soil fertility,
• improving water availability
and efficiency of use
• reducing food losses
• enabling farmers to
modernize as this becomes
feasible to them.

11. Energy Technologies
• Technologies to provide and improve
energy services for developing world
populations, more efficient biomass
stoves to reduce fuel use and reduce
the
emissions,
hazardous
simple
smoke
motor-driven
systems for pumping water or
grinding grain to reduce the burden of
these physically demanding tasks on
women, and energy-efficient
pumps, fertilizers, and mechanical
traction to improve agricultural
productivity.

12. Environmental Technologies
• For many developing countries, provision of basic
water, sewer, and refuse disposal services are
major environmental priorities. These are the
areas where spending on environmental
technologies is concentrated.
• Developing countries need more sanitary services
systems serving rural and urban areas.
• Electric power, chemical, petroleum
refining, steel, and paper, food, textile, and other
process industries are potential major buyers of
environmental technology.

13. Technologies for Local Development
• Conducted of community-based projects
for resource efficient residential
architecture, solar greenhouses, small
farm systems, farmers markets, resource
recovery from municipal solid
waste, wastewater treatment, energy
generation, and health care systems.

14. Communication Technology
• Communication and
information technologies
are playing an increasingly
important role in business,
trade, health, and
education.