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Small Island Developing States: A Conservationist Approach for Sustainable Development |
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Lachman M. Khubchandani,
Director |
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Centre for Communication
Studies, Pune, Inda |
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Abstract |
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Small island people basically
depend on the ecosystems in which they live. They portray
a unique profile under different ecological conditions;
they can be called essentially ecosystem people. Every
culture, irrespective of being Œbig‚ or Œsmall‚
(in demographic / economic terms), serves as a bridge
between others as an instrument of interaction which
is humanly universal. |
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Hitherto, prior to the technological
invasion on the small island economies, for these people
the doctrine of Œharmony with nature‚ served
as a regulatory device for communitarian use of natural
resources. They utilised these resources for their local
environment in an ecologically sustainable manner. |
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Discussing the socio-economic
impact of domineering Globalization i.e. international
market forces, tourism, multinational investments, security,
information technology, etc., on island economies and
on the lifestyles of local people, the paper lays emphases
on viewing ŒNature as companion‚, instead of
treating ŒNature as a commodity‚. Emphasizing
on the concerted efforts for conservation of Nature, E.F.
Schumacher of the small is Beautiful fame gives a stirring
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Now that the religion of economics
lends respectability to man‚s inborn envy and greed,
and Nature is looked upon as man‚s quarry to be
used or abused without let or hindrance, what could be
more important than an explicit theory of conservation? |
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Is Globalization a Euphemism for Neo-Colonialism? |
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Amir Hossain Chowdhury,
Executive Secretary |
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Institute for Environment
and Development Studies, Bangladesh |
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Abstract |
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After the demise of the
Cold War era, a new political scenario has emerged in
the world politics, called 'globalization'. The onslaught
of this globalization has further aggravated the divisions
between the rich and the poor and "north"
and "south". On the one hand globalization
has opened all the opportunities available in the entire
world to the richer, dominant countries of the "north"
along with their multinational and trans-national corporations
now account for 40 percent of global trade", and
on the other hand it has brought increasing miseries
to the poorer and dominated countries of the "south"
to whom its onslaught has become a form of neo-colonialism. |
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The rich "northern
bloc" is the beneficiary of the present order, and
although having twenty percent of the world population,
they have access to almost eighty percent of world resources.
On the other hand, the poor "southern bloc"
is facing the pressure of neo-colonialism, and although
having eighty percent of the world population, it has
access to only twenty percent of the world's resources.
Moreover, the poorest 20 percent of the worlds population
receives only 0.2 per cent of global commercial credit,
1 percent of world trade and 2.7 per cent of global foreign
private investment. Uncontrolled capitalism and its global
plundering has put the entire world in a serious socio-political
and economic crisis of which Bangladesh is another victim.
The West's consumer cultures have become dominant and
in the name of intellectual property rights' most of the
indigenous resources, starting from plant seeds to songs,
are being patented in the 'north'. |
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