Green Union of Armenia: Concept of sustainable development resembles a utopia
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Saturday, May 26, 14:22
The concept of sustainable development resembles a utopia, Head of
the Green Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan said at today’s press
conference.
He said that the concept does not only fail to reflect the interests
of the humanity, but is also directed against them. For instance, the
document envisages 8-10% growth in the world manufacturing, which runs
counter to conservation of natural ecosystems. “On the whole, the
concept of sustainable development is not scientifically established
and resembles a utopia”, Sanasaryan said. He added that the ideas
suggested by the concept obviously contradict the mechanisms of their
achievement. In this context, the expert is afraid that at Rio+20
summit in Brazil this summer Armenia will sign some documents on
implementation of the concept provisions.
To note, Armenia will present a national report at Rio+20 summit. The
report mentions such negative aspects as polarization of the society,
monopolization in economy, as well as conditions that fail to
stimulate the development of agriculture and small and medium
business. In addition, the report points out environmental problems
related to deforestation and development of ore mining industry.
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