“Our local Cengal tree, like California’s Redwoods, may take centuries to reach its humongous size. But it can be felled in less than a few hours by an unscrupulous timber contractor with a chainsaw. “Until we understand instinctively that sacrificing such resources for short-term benefit undermines our long-term aims, we cannot hope to achieve truly sustainable development. “This same principle applies in regional and global policies, too,” he said when opening the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Regional Forum on Environment and Health in Southeast and East Asian Countries, here.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:40:30 +0000