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Economy vs ecology

• 29/06/1998

AT a time when developing nations are getting lured into global economy issues, that translate into increased consumerism promoted by the developed world, the 1998 annual state of the earth report by the Worldwatch Institute, usa, comes as a timely warning.

As the living standards of people around the globe rises and the world gets closer with advances in information technology, so does consumption of natural resources and the subsequent waste that is created. The repercussions do not pertain to a immediate vicinity, but are rather global and far reaching, often affecting those who are not even guilty of exploiting these resources or causing pollution. Vested interests and lack of political will have prevented environment issues from being solved. The major disasters of 1997, especially the forest fires in Southeast Asia Indonesia, Borneo and Sumatra, speak for itself. Thousands of hectares of forests were wiped out in the raging blazes, mainly because of El Ni

• Tags:
  • Ecology
  • Economy
  • Developing Countries

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