What is the significance of sustainable development for human beings ? 3 marks Plz answer fast
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Sustainable development is extremely important for not just the development of the economy but ensuring the survival of the entire community.
There are many ancient civilisations who have died off because of unsustainable resources and development. Look at the people of ancient Easter Island, they were a proud people who advanced far with technology and building. They, however, did not use their wood resources in the best way and thus when the last trees were cut down, they panicked and probably starved, froze or killed each other off. They had no fuel for warmth, the ecosystems of their island collapsed and there were no animals to hunt and finally the most important building resource had disappeared. They probably all died.
It ultimately depends on how important to the survival of the community the resource is, in any case sustainability is important to ensure long term survival of the economy. There are three things a civilisation can do if their most important resource disappears. They can die off, they can adapt to live without the resource or they can find a substitute for that resource. Imagine if oil disappeared from our society completely, it all just disappeared. Our economies would collapse, the food industry would collapse and billions of people would die. This is because oil is a vital ingredient to our economy's functionality. Our society would die off slowly and painlfully. We need to shift away from the usage of fossil fuels because they are too important in our economies and they aren't sustainable.
We need to develop our economies and culture in a sustainable way, because if we don't, we will destroy our environment. If we use up all the resources waste fully and unintelligently, we will die off, it is really as simple as that.We need to develop in a sustainable manner so that our children and their children can live comfortably and so that they can continue to advance the technologies and achievements of the human race.
1. IT HELPS IN CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES.
2. THE RESOURCES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING CAN ALSO BE USED BY THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
3. IT WILL ALSO HELP IN HELPING ENVIRONMENT BY PREVENTING THE OVER- EXPLOITATION OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING USED BY US.