Sustainable development : a Philippine perspective /
Luz Emmanuel Soriano, Corazon PB. Claudio, and Lolita Delgado Fansler.
- Quezon City, Philippines : Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 1995.
- xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Part 1: An introduction to sustainable development -- Revitalizing the earth -- The war on poverty -- Changing consumption patterns -- Population and resource balance -- Human health -- Toward a habitable world -- Land resources and fragile ecosystems -- Fresh and inland water resources -- Energy resources -- Agriculture and rural development -- Forest development -- Biological diversity -- Biotechnology -- Protecting the atmosphere -- Protecting the marine environment -- Sustainable use of living marine resources -- For a clean world -- Part 2: The people's world -- Strengthening the role of major groups -- Women in sustainable development -- "Waste away" -- The role of children and youth -- "Munting kamay, munting buhay" -- Indigenous people in sustainable development -- "Of spears and chainsaw" -- Partnerships with NGOs -- "People-made forest parks" -- Farmers in sustainable development -- "A green counter-revolution" -- Local authorities' initiatives -- "The Philippines' pride: Puerto Princesa City" -- The role of workers and trade unions -- "Don't belch in my yard" -- Business and industry in sustainable development -- "Green pizzas" -- Other corporate environmental initiatives -- The role of scientists and technologists -- "Under a giant salakot" -- The better world -- The essential means to attain sustainability -- Financing sustainable development -- "A market can be clean after all" -- Environmentally sound technology transfer -- "A horror story: medical and hospital wastes" -- Science for sustainable development -- "UP's H.E.L.P" -- Education, training and public awareness -- "Advocacy advertising" -- Creating capacity for sustainable development -- "Once only a poor farmer" -- International institutional arrangements -- "DEEP enrichments" -- International law -- "Generational swindling" -- Information for decision making -- "A quicker fallow" -- "Lessons from the camote field"
Sustainable development: a Philippine perspective is essentially a what-to-do book, a partly a where and how-to-do-it book. It states what the situation is and what some important concepts and terms mean. It contains stories on what Filipinos and other nationalities have done. And it provides local and and international information that will help readers think about what they can do. It does not give details on how to go about it, but it lists the names of people and organizations the readers can contact directly for specifics. Filipinos are willing to share their experiences and expertise to benefit others. No one need reinvent the wheel. The first 18 chapters of this book discuss the physical, social, and economic dimensions affecting the environment. They tackle the technical concerns in the conservation and management of resources for the achievement of sustainable development. The last two chapters are very different. Chapter 19 deals with nine major groups of people who should be empowered to participate in the development of their future. Chapter 20 presents the means by which governments and these major groups can work together to attain sustainability. Each section in both chapters starts with what Agenda 21 has to say. This is followed by the Philippine situation. - From the Book