SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Transcriptions of Environmental Science

Download SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES and more Transcriptions Environmental Science in PDF only on Docsity! ES 24: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3rd year - 1st sem| Girvee D. Cañedo SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Rational Nature Management is a system of activities that is designed to ensure the economical and efficient exploitation of natural resources, the optimal mode of their reproduction and the preservation of human health. THE MODERN REPRESENTATION OF RATIONAL NATURE MANAGEMENT IS CONSIDERED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THREE POSITIONS: 1. Economic 2. Social 3. Environmental MAIN COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT - Rational Nature Management is a system of activities that is designed to ensure the economical and efficient exploitation of natural resources, the optimal mode of their reproduction and the preservation of human health. - The interaction of man and the natural environment should be based on the priority of the principles of ecological balance. Features of Rational Use of Natural Resources 1. It puts the study and conservation of natural resources, and not their use, which is characteristic of the traditional “frontal” economy. 2. Has a direct impact on sustainable growth 3. The quality of the environment determines and quality of life. 4. It provides a mode of economical and efficient exploitation of natural resources with the maximum extraction of useful products from them. Basic Principle of Rational Environmental Management Environmental friendly and comprehensively processing of raw materials True rational nature management should not lead to drastic changes in the natural resource potential and should not cause profound changes in the natural environment. - Koryakina, et al., 2021 PRIORITY TASK FOR CREATING SUCH HARMONIOUS RELATIONS BETWEEN NATURE ANDMANKIND: “The construction of a mechanism for nature management that ensures full coordination of the interest of the state, society and man in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources” HumanHabitat - A high-quality and healthy natural environment, it determines such parameters of the quality of life as life expectancy, the level of morbidity. Natural Resources - Are the basic economic factor, supplying raw materials for the production of economic benefits. 1 ES 24: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3rd year - 1st sem| Girvee D. Cañedo Problems in the future due to overpopulation and occurrence of natural disasters 1. Poverty 2. Hunger 3. Shortage of drinking water CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT “Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” - Brundtland, 1987 ACALL FOR ACTION - The report Our Common Future does not forecast perpetual environmental deterioration, poverty, and hardship in a world of escalating pollution and diminishing resources. Instead, they see the potential for a new age of economic growth, one that must be built on measures to maintain and increase the base of environmental resource availability. They also think that such expansion is vitally necessary to alleviate the severe poverty that is spreading over much of the emerging globe. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future Concept of Sustainable Development “Poverty is not only an evil in itself, but sustainable development requires meeting the basic needs of all and extending to all opportunities to fulfill their aspirations for a better life” Sustainable Development Is not a FIXED STATE OF HARMONY But rather ● A process of change in which the exploitation of resources, ● The direct of investments ● The orientation of technological development The concept of sustainable development provides a framework for the integration of environment policies and development strategies - the term ‘development’ being used here in its broadest sense. Sustainable development requires meeting the basic needs of all and extending to all the opportunity to satisfy their aspirations for a better life. 2 ES 24: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3rd year - 1st sem| Girvee D. Cañedo ● Encouraging more women leaders will help achieve greater gender equality GOAL 6: CLEANWATER& SANITATION ● Safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030 ● Requires investment in adequate infrastructure ● Provide sanitation facilities ● Encourage hygiene ● Protect and restore water-related ecosystems GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE &CLEAN ENERGY ● Invest in solar, wind and thermal power ● Improve energy productivity ● Ensure energy for all ● Expand infrastructure ● Upgrade technology to provide clean and more efficient energy in all countries GOAL 8: DECENTWORK& ECONOMIC GROWTH ● Promote sustained economic growth, higher levels of productivity and technological innovation ● Encourage entrepreneurship and job creation ● Eradicate forced labor, slavery and human trafficking ● Full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030 GOAL 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, & INFRASTRUCTURE ● Technological is key to finding lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges ● Promote sustainable industries ● Invest in scientific research and innovation GOAL 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES ● Improve the regulation and monitoring of financial markets and institutions ● Encourage development assistance and foreign direct investment to regions where the need is greatest ● Facilitate the safe migration and mobility of people 5 ES 24: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3rd year - 1st sem| Girvee D. Cañedo GOAL 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES ● Create career and business opportunities, safe and affordable housing, and building resilient societies and economies ● Investment in public transport ● Create green public spaces ● Improve urban planning and management GOAL 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION& PRODUCTION ● Encourage industries, business and consumers to recycle and reduce waste ● Support developing countries to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption by 2030 GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION ● Support vulnerable regions ● Integrate disaster risk measures, sustainable natural resource management, and human security into national development strategies ● Limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, aiming at 1.5 degree Celsius GOAL 14: LIFE BELOWWATER ● Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution ● Address the impacts of ocean acidification ● Enhance conservation ● Sustainable use of ocean-based resources through international law GOAL 15: LIFE ON LAND ● Must reduce the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity ● Support global food and water security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and space security 6 ES 24: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3rd year - 1st sem| Girvee D. Cañedo GOAL 16: PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS ● Significantly reduce all forms of violence ● Promote the rule of law and human rights ● Reduce the flow of illicit arms ● Strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS ● Improve access to technology and knowledge to share ideas and foster innovation ● Coordinating policies to help developing countries manage their debt ● Promote investment for the least developed ● Promote international trade ● Help developing countries increase their exports 7