Select Issues in International Environmental Protection: The Quest for Sustainable Approaches to Economic Development and World Security.

摘要

The manuscript attempts to shed light on some critical issues relating to sustainability (the state of being in agreement with sustainable development). A critique of the broad concept of sustainable development will first be given. Three case studies follow. The first deals with international trade practices, which will be analyzed as an example of a particularly significant human activity posing great problems for sustainability. The second will examine the debt-for-nature swap as representative of the type of thinking that will be required in formulating operational sustainability mechanisms. The last will discuss business and industry as essential and potent players in working toward sustainable economic growth. Finally, the emphasis will shift away from the case studies to the underlying issue of global security, and a proposal will be made for a new definition that accounts for the sustainability dimension.