REM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sustainable Development Commission, Rio De Janeiro, Indoor Air Quality
16 Dec 2012
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Development has often harmed the environment and the environmental harm has adversely affected development. Pollution from industrialization damages the basic biological systems on the planet. At the first world conference on the environment was held in stockholm, sweden in. Developed countries wanted to protect the environment with strict antipollution laws. Developing countries feared that strict antipollution laws would hurt their chances for economic growth poverty was main cause of deterioration of the environment so they needed more industry instead of less. 10 years later at the second environmental conference in nairobi, kenya, rich and poor nations changed their stance towards environmental initiatives. Developing countries showed for further efforts to protect the environment because environmental deterioration (desertification, soil erosion, deforestation, silting of rivers and reservoirs) was harming their efforts to develop and reduce poverty. Rich nations wanted to slow down environmental initiatives until they had recovered form their economic recessions.
