Off Course: Restoring Balance Between Canadian Society and the EnvironmentIDRC, 1994 - 139 sidor Industrialized countries have historically committed themselves to an expansionist ethos based on the assumption that the planet's resources were essentially limitless. The 20th century has seen the breakdown of this assumption. This book first gives a historical overview of the industrialized world's (and therefore Canada's) commitment to the expansionist ethos. It then examines the way in which the term 'sustainable development' is used to support both a dominant expansionist world view and an emerging ecological world view. The book criticizes Canada's commitment to the expansionist position, using the forestry and agriculture sectors as examples of the need to rethink economic and environmental policies. Finally, the book makes recommendations for a strategy of resource usage based on a systemic approach to Canada's social, economic, and biophysical domains and that is committed to comprehensive environmental sustainability. |
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Off Course: Restoring Balance Between Canadian Society and the Environment Duncan M. Taylor Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1994 |
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Sida 21 - that compels him to increase his herd without limit- in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. The
Sida 104 - Rio Declaration (1992) In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures
Sida 80 - sustainability cannot be secured unless development policies pay attention to such considerations as changes in access to resources and in the distribution of costs and benefits. Even the narrow notion of physical sustainability implies a concern for social equity between generations, a concern that must logically be extended to equity within each generation.
Sida 104 - Activities which are likely to pose a significant risk to nature shall be preceded by an exhaustive examination; their proponents shall demonstrate that expected benefits outweigh potential damage to nature, and where potential adverse effects are not fully understood, the activities should not proceed
Sida 104 - All areas of the earth, both land and sea, shall be subject to these principles of conservation; special protection shall be given to unique areas, to representative samples of all the different types of ecosystems and to the habitats of rare or endangered species
Sida 104 - irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures
Sida 67 - Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind
Sida 7 - strives for survival and prosperity with little regard for its impact on others. Some consume the Earth's resources at a rate that would leave little for future generations. Others,
Sida 90 - saw that the move to give the Charter precedence imposed a form of liberal society that was alien to it, and to which ¿,Quebec could never accommodate itself without surrendering its identity.
Sida 104 - Knowledge of nature shall be broadly disseminated by all possible means, particularly by ecological education as an integral part of general education
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