The concept of sustainable development was popularized in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development. In its report, it defined the idea as “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs,” i.e., without stripping the natural world of resources future generations would need. In the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, there is a cage where the notice reads, ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’. Inside the cage, there is no animal but a mirror where you see yourself. Thanks to the efforts of a number of agencies in different countries, a new awareness has now dawned upon the most dangerous animal in the world. He has realized the wisdom of shifting from a system based on domination to one based on partnership. Scientists have catalogued about 1.4 million living species with which mankind shares the earth. Estimates vary widely as regards the still- uncatalogued living species – biologists reckon that about three to a hundred million other living species still languish unnamed in ignominious darkness. One of the early international commissions which dealt, inter alia, with the question of ecology and environment was the Brandt Commission which had a distinguished Indian as one of its members – Mr. L.K. Jha. The first Brandt Report raised the question – “Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?”
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1. Answer briefly:
i) When was the concept of sustainable development
popularized?
ii) Who popularized its concept?
iii) What is written on the notice board at the Lusaka zoo?
iv) What is inside the cage?
2. Vocabulary:
i) The synonym for the phrase ‘that supports’ in the passage is:
a) minimum b) sustainablec) impoverished d) languish
ii) ‘Classified’ means:
a) put in parts b) put in groups
c) separated d) catalogued
iii) ‘Those who study living beings’ are called:
a) scientists b) zoologists
c) biologists d) Chemists
iv) ‘Groups of living beings’ are called:
a) species b) varieties
c) creatures d) animals
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