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20. View from the South
20. View from the South
Pages 198-203
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In the first I explain how policymakers in the South perceive the North's concern for environmental affairs as related to southern countries, and I outline the elements the South considers necessary to establish a productive dialog. The second part deals with what are mainly southern responsibilities, which most policymakers recognize as needed.
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The North should give more consideration, not necessarily final solutions, to its own contradictions for the development of a sincere and productive dialog about global environmental issues.
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Southern politicians note that the South is doing proportionally more than the North to conserve nature and natural resources: Note the thousands of new protected areas and new nongovernmental organizations, innovative new legislation, public administration reorganizations, and so forth. The money invested by the South in environmental matters is several times more than any amount invested there by northern "donors," but there is little or no recognition of these efforts.
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The United Nations is the best guarantee for developing countries that their views will be listened to and discussed. All global planning about our common future that is done in other forums, avoiding direct confrontation with southern politicians, might be successful for a while but in the long term is bound to face irreversible problems.
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6. The South is ready to delegate many governmental functions to the regional and local governments ensuring a more careful treatment of environmental issues bY citizens directly suffering the consequences of careless development.
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Many deeply required social reforms, such as land redistribution, are still not always being considered essential steps for peace and for a safer environment. On the other hand, the North should remember that equity is as required in North-South relationships as it is inside southern countries.
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