Topic 15 Sustainable Development

Question 1

What is “eco-development” ?

Answer 1

Establish the economic development in a way that natural resources are used RATIONALLY in order to SATISFY present and future necessities by using technology that does NOT harm the environment.

Question 2

During the Stockolm Summit, what program me was born?

Answer 2

U nited
N ations
E nvironment
P rogramme

Question 3

In 1985, which COMMISSION was created?

Answer 3

United Nations Environmental Development Commission( Brundtland Commission)

Question 4

During Brundtland Commission, the concept for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT was created. It is defined as:

Answer 4

A development that satisfy the necessities of the present without compromise the capacity for the future generations to satisfy its own necessities.

*It used the principles of ‘eco-development’

Question 5

What does the General Law for the Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection(1988) state?

Answer 5

It is the evaluable PROCESS that tends to IMPROVE the QUALITY of life and productivity of the people through ➡️environmental, economic and social indicators and criteria⬅️ which are founded on appropriate measures of the preservation of ecological equilibrium, environmental protection and USE of the natural resources in a way that the satisfaction of 🔻future necessities🔻 does NOT get compromised.

Question 6

First foundation is sustainable development:

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Answer 6

Modify the consumption patterns, principally in development countries.

Question 7

Second foundation of sustainable development:

Answer 7

Act upon the next strategies:
🔻Eradicate poverty
🔻 = distribution of resources
🔻Integrate social, economic and cultural reality
🔻⬇️⬇️ the demographic growth
🔻⬆️⬆️ the health and education levels

Question 8

5 agreements:

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Answer 8

🐯️Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)1973
💁🏻Sofia Protocol 1988 (reduction of Sulfur emissions)
🇨🇦MOntreal Protocol 1987 (substances that destroy the ozone layer)
🐳🐋Commercial Whaling 1990 (International Whaling Commission)
💀❗️Basel Convention 1989 (Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste)

Question 9

In 1992, the…

Answer 9

… Rio Declaration on Environment and Development was done(Earth Summit🌎)

Question 10

During the Earth Summit:

Answer 10

❗️🇧🇷The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 27 principles in which the rights and responsibilities of the countries were established.
Agenda2⃣1⃣, formed by 40 chapters to promote a sustainable development from economic, social and ecological point of view are contained.
🌁🌁🌁Convention on Climate Change, greenhouse gases.
🌊🗻👩‍👩‍👧👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👨‍👦👨‍👨‍👦‍👦👬👫Convention on Biological Diversity, the conservation and protection of biological diversity, the restoration of deteriorated ecosystems, the perform of environmental impact studies and the setting up of educational programs for the awareness of the general public.
🌳🌳🌲🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲🌳Declaration on Forest Principles, the promotion of conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
❗️The Earth🌎Charter✉️📃, 16 principles on sustainable development.

Question 11

Which Summit was a disappointment and why?

Answer 11

World Summit on Sustainable Development, or Johannesburg Summit.
There were more POVERTY in the world and the environmental deterioration got WORST

Question 12

Which new goals were proposed?🚽🔋🐠⬇️

Answer 12

Less people with a lack of access to basic sanitary services by 2015.🚑🚽
🔋Produce and use chemical products with NO relevant negative effects upon human health and the environment by 2020.
🐟🐠Maintain or reestablish, in an urgent way, depleted FISH STOCKS to a maximum sustainable production levels by 2015
⬇️Reduction of biological diversity loss.🌴🍄🐯

Question 13

What is ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC?

Answer 13

✅Correct when tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community and it is ❌wrong when tends to the opposit

Question 14

By environmental education we mean:

Answer 14

PROCESS of formation targeted to SOCIETY(in general) in order to encourage the integral perception of the environment to ACHIEVE more RATIONAL BEHAVIORS in favor of social and e n v i r o n m e n t a l development.

To guarantee the preservation of life.

Question 15

Environmental education main objective:

Answer 15

To develop a world population that comprehend and worries about the environment and its problems.

Question 16

The 3 more important e. education objectives:

Answer 16

Identify environmental problems.
Increasing awareness of environmental deterioration.
Participate on its solutions through the improvement, protection and/or conservation.

Question 17

How to avoid ‘green’ and regular consumerism?

Answer 17

3Rs
♻️ Reduce Decrease the use of pollutants
♻️ Reuse Use again things in good conditions
♻️ Recycle Reincorporate the waste in new products

Question 18

We have to restrict the use of…

Answer 18

NON RENEWABLE resources

Question 19

Agroecology is a way of

Answer 19

sustainable agricultural option.

Organic plantations

Question 20

Which are the CLEAN ENERGIES?

Answer 20

Wind power
Solar energy
Hydropower
Geothermic energy

Question 21

Hazardous waste use the inverted pyramid to be “thrown away”:

Answer 21

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Treatment 
... 👆🏼To avoid 👇🏼
Confinement

Question 22

When was held the firST environmental encounter and what was it about?

Answer 22

Stockholm, Sweden, 1972
Degradation of the environmental and human health by industrial activities and the world economic model which have caused high cost to pay by natural resources.