Sustainable_Development

Sustainable Development Sustainable Development: Building a Road to a Better Future By the year 2050 there will be a lot more people living on this planet then there are now. Estimates range anywhere from 6 to 13 billion people (Lutz 9). Where will these people live' How will they live' The answer is sustainable development. Sustainable development means different things to different people. But a clear definition can be- "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (WCED) Sustainable development focuses on improving the quality of life for all of the Earth's citizens without increasing the use of natural resources beyond the capacity of the environment to supply them indefinitely. requires an understanding that inaction has consequences and that we must find innovative ways to change institutional structures and influence individual behavior.(WCED). It is about taking action, changing policy and practice at all levels, from the individual to the international. Sustainable development is being ignored in The Philippines, and is practiced in countries like Panama and Costa Rica. These Countries must learn from each other's failures and success to discover what sustainable development development, sustainable, land, forest, people, iguana, social, rica, resources, region, government, forests, economic, countries, costa, china, being, ashuvud, years, uplanders, province, policy, panama, environmental, area, year, three, taken, problem, practice, population, philippines, own, national, lot