GEOG 3020 Lecture Notes - Earth Summit, Free-Market Environmentalism, United Nations Conference On Sustainable Development
27 Nov 2013
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Geog* 2030 sustainable development and the rise of. First international meeting devoted to topic of environment. Impetus: initially motivated by developed country concerns (e. g. acid rain) -> early environmentalism. Approach was meant to limit development to protect environment developing countries did not necessarily agree with this. Outcome: creation of un environment programme (unep) Critique: no guidance on how to combine environment and development. 1980: world conservation strategy / caring for the earth. Document prepared by iucn (international ngo) iucn has a seat at the un. Living resource conservation for sustainable development : first time that the term sustainable development is used. Impetus: commissioned by unep; raise awareness about conservation (-> evolving environmentalism) Outcome: development viewed as means rather than obstruction to conservation. Critique: too focused on conservation; does not address economic/political processes underlying development challenges (e. g. population) Term sd reached households during this time.
