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Introduction

In: Environment and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa

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  • Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed

    (University of Khartoum
    Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa)

  • Wilfred Mlay

    (University of Dar es Salaam
    International Bible Society)

Abstract

Over three decades have passed since the issue of environment and development received international recognition in the 1972 United Nations Conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm. Although awareness of the relation between environment and the concept of sustainable development, with all its connotations, was coined some years later, the following decades witnessed a marked retreat from social concerns. The natural science disciplines made increasing efforts to bring to our attention urgent but complex problems bearing on our very survival. These included a warming globe, threats to the eartht’s ozone layer, and deserts consuming agricultural land. As a consequence, environmental degradation has become a survival issue for both rich and developing nations (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987:xi).

Suggested Citation

  • Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed & Wilfred Mlay, 1998. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed & Wilfred Mlay (ed.), Environment and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa, chapter 0, pages 1-8, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26643-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26643-2_1
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