Write a short note on Sustainable development.

Sustainable development:

Sustainable development refers to an optimum level of development that just meets the
needs, not all greeds and aspirations of the present generation without compromising and jeopardizing the needs, ability and reasonable expectations, of the future generations to / satisfy their own needs and demands.
Environment and ecology comprise two very important components of sustainable development.

        Environment is an item which is not limited within the geography or political boundary of each county. Air pollution may occur in Africa and Asia by the generation of various gases like CFC which destroys ozone or carbon dioxide which results in global warming generated by the industrial activities of Europe and America. Also the chemicals thrown into the rivers and oceans by the giant chemical plants of America and Europe may pollute the water of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.
In order to maintain, retain and achieve sustainable development three steps are essential:

(a) To maintain world population to a zero growth level by slowly reducing the present
figure of 6000 million to a maximum of about 2000 million all over the world. This
will reduce the consumption of natural resources to about 1/3rd of the present level.

(b) To slow down the pace of development to a level which will offer employment to
almost everyone. This will entail reduction of mechanization and automation and
engage human beings wherever possible.

(c) To prevent environmental degradation as far as possible. To stop air and water
pollution or rectify and cure the environmental pollution by developing suitable
means by research e.g.

(i) Absorption of CO2 all over the atmosphere to reduce the level to a maximum of
1.5% by developing suitable technology.

(ii) To prevent perforation of ozone level in the layer which protect the human
beings from harmful effects of solar and other rays.

            With these three steps sustainable development may be possible. At least an effort can be made. But this requires the dictum of United Nations to all the three norms, agreement and co-operation between the big and developed powers like USA, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and poor countries of Africa, S. America and a few countries of Europe, India remaining in both the groups.