Part 2 assignment #5

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In a sense we can do little about developing countries and the way they regulate their environments. So, these countries will typically do as they wish. It does effect the global community, but we cannot mandate any regulation outside our national jurisdiction. We can continue to make accords, pacts, create tradeoffs with these countires to raise awarness and educate them about their behavior, but that is the xtent it can reach. In the long run, it is a mjor concern, and we can educate by pointing to ur mistakes, but economic development takes precedence, when it is needed and not priorly existent. Thus, in the short term incremental changes are all we can generate and hope for. Since we have succeeded economically, for the most part, other countries will model this, and subsequently we would hope they could learn from our mistakes, but like anythin in life you must learn from your own mistakes. I do not think other countries should exploit their environment, but it is only because I see the ultimate outcome, and have learned by the mistakes we have made, and from becoming educated from other knowledgeable sources. Ultimately this is the only way these countries can explore change, which cannot be forced.

Equity is not feasible in my opinion, it is only a virtue and a belief, but it would be optimal. As described by Tobin, in his piece Environment, Population, and teh Developing World, in Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Michael E. Kraft and Noman J. Vig, "In short, there are continuing questions aout whetehr the current economic model that depends on growth and extravagant consumption among a few is ecologically sustainable and morally acceptable for everyone, (Vig, 2010, pp. 304). In essence it would be paradise if we could reach equity and create environmental change globally and disperse resources accordingly. Not only would we improve economic conditions and the environment, but would solve many aspects of modern life that need improvement, yet these is a present day illusion. The disparate ideological and societal beliefs that are unique throughout populations in the world are not on the same plane, we barely have economical and market structures that cross these realms. I am not saying it is not possibel on day, but the world populations have never reached any equity or normalcy across beliefs and governoing systems, why would we come togetehr for the environment? We should, but presently we cannot,so what truly governs? economics? a realm which is aalwayd competitive and non equitable, where can we balance this and reach the levels in other problems that we want. We are creatung a consensu, so it is satrt, an an optimistic view is great so I hope we push forth, for example Matthew, in Environmenatl Security, in Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, "It will have to act in a world in which many of its domestic populace see a planet in crisis and beleive that crafting more effective and aggressive policies should be a national priority," (pp. 327).


References

Matthew, Richard A, (2010). Environmental Security. In Vig, Norman J. & Kraft, Michael E. (Ed.), Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century pp. (327-348). Washington D.C.: CQ Press.

Tobin, Richard J. (2010) Environment, Population, and the Developing World. In Vig, Norman J. & Kraft, Michael E. (Ed.), Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century pp. (286-307). Washington D.C.: CQ Press.