Advantage of sustainable development
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The advantages are so much that they are not exhaustive. First, let's define sustainable development.
Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (UN Brundtland Commission).
So, from the definition the first advantage is that it allows the next generation of people to have access to quality life. Second is that it makes life meaningful and worth living for us. Imagine if we can reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in air, this will lessen the effect on the ozone layer and the resulting climactic disasters. Maybe then we will have to face less heat globally. With sustainable development, we can feed a hungry world, we can sustain and save quality aquatic floral and fauna life.
Sustainable development also teaches us to be responsible. Don't throw plasitcs in the ocean, don't burn openly, don't throw wastes in drainages, don't waste food. All this means we're taking charge of our lives. And in the end it is all to our benefit.
Sustainable development also helps us cut down cost and reduce waste. You don't buy what you don't need. You don't order for an amount of food you can't exhaust. You wouldn't waste so much as 40% of your farm produce because you will be interested in ways to reduce this. You will spend less and generate less waste. Even your waste won't be waste at a point. That is when we talk about Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial Ecology.
1) Involves local people and provides them with rewarding, immediate work, income, and education
2) Preserves functionality and diversity of system while providing a wide range of economic benefits
3) Promotes the diversification of forest products including non-wood forest products (NWFPs)
4|) Preserves the natural services provided by forests
5) Provides a niche for indigenous peoples in modern, free market society should they choose