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Moderating team, Overview Week 3
A passionate discussion was generated, revolving around arguments on whether or not markets have a role to play in the future of sustainability.
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Gunter Pauli, Founder of Zeri
Gunter Pauli focuses on innovations in production and manufacturing systems for a new economy inspired by ecosystem science.
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Colin D Meurk (Dr), Landcare Research, New Zealand
Colin D Meurk is sceptical about the ability of the market to deliver biodiversity outcomes.
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Bhim Adhikari, IUCN, Pakistan
Bhim Adhikari points out that the development of markets for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is not contributing effectively to poverty alleviation nor providing sufficient economic incentives to rural communities for conservation.
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Josè Mauricio Blanco Torres; Fundaciòn Prosierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
José Mauricio Blanco Torres shares his experience with Fundación Prosierra in Colombia, an organization trying to develop commercial markets that conserve biodiversity.
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Guillermo Rodríguez, Red Colombiana de Productores Comunitarios Ambientalmente Amigables, Colombia
Guillermo shares a project that seeks to achieve horizontal cooperation among the base initiatives in order that the associates, by means of a network, are able to obtain greater know-how, experience on production and commerce, and efficient and cheaper access to the markets.
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Fredy Vargas, Fundación Amazonía Ewaré, Colombia
Fredy discusses the subject for the week which was proposed by Professor Lu Zhi; he believes the conversion of the market to a model that supports sustainability is of extreme importance for the future of sustainability because of the great challenges that exist.
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Urbelinda Ferrufino, ASEO, Bolivia
Urbelinda states that developing countries are increasingly becoming the victims of large corporations which dominate global commerce and economies.
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Ghulam Amin Beg, Head IUCN Northern Areas, Gilgit
Ghulam Amin Beg discusses an alternative to the contemporary economic model, including factors needed to promote sustainable future consumer societies.
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Steven Earl Salmony, AWAREness Campaign on the Human Population
In highlighting the issue of human population growth, Steven Salmony also argues that too many policies focus on development, neglecting the need for sustainable progress.
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Gary Wall, Scotland, UK
Gary Wall highlights the private sector’s involvement with captive breeding to illustrate how sustainable use often goes hand in hand with commercial enterprise.
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Joshua Bishop, Senior Advisor Economics, IUCN
Joshua Bishop agrees with Shuaihua Cheng on the “myth of the market” that voluntary action by business, though helpful, may not be enough.
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Shuaihua Wallace CHENG, China Programme Officer, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva
Shuaihua Cheng supports the idea that market approaches to sustainability are necessary though the myths of the market should be avoided, such as voluntary market approaches which have had limited impacts.
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Dr. Lu Zhi, Peking University, China
Dr. Lu Zhi responds to the comments so far by noting that many have referred to the role of the market and the need for the right incentives.
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Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist, IUCN
Jeff McNeely comments on two trains of thought reflected in the forum’s discussion so far: firstly on the tragic dilemma poor countries face with the current development model which links their production of exports to excessive consumption by wealthy countries;
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Ing. M.Sc. José Sánchez-Narvaez, ITACAB Convenio Andrés Bello, Perú
José Sánchez retoma sus planteamientos anteriores: la importancia de crear un nuevo paradigma del desarrollo a través de un discurso común que llegue a tomadores de decisión, sociedad civil, ciudadanos en general
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Bryan Furnass, Nature and Society Forum, Australia
Bryan Furnass highlights Francis Vorhies comment on Ken Boulding’s “spaceship earth” concept, the sustainability of which is put at risk by resource use and human population growth.
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Eduardo Guerrero, Comisión de Ecosistemas UICN, Colombia
Eduardo states that despite important environmental commitments that many international organizations have made the priorities of governments, in both the developed and developing world continues to focus on the accumulation of wealth.
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Bhubaneswor Dhakal, Nepal
Bhubaneswor Dhakal argues that the market economy is not the panacea for people living in different settings and suggests a community model of economy that could benefit local people, and offers the example of poorly managed protected areas in Nepal.
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Ma. del Consuelo Carranza y Simón, Universidad La Salle, México
Ma. del Consuelo discusses the fact that man has destroyed earths natural resources and that we must now return to our roots and respect earths natural resources as our ancestors did generations ago.
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Francis Vorhies, EarthMind, Strategies for Sustainability, Switzerland
Francis Vorhies reminds participants of the writing of the Kenneth Boulding – a founding father of ecological economics - who wrote about the problems facing space ship earth some 40 years ago.
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Dr. Sohail Mahmood, Senior Research Officer, ISSRA, National Defense College, Pakistan
Dr. Mahmood suggests that hope placed with markets and business is misplaced as they do not prioritize sustainability and will therefore not act on their own.
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Silvia Sánchez, APECO, Perú
Silvia Sánchez plantea que la actual dinámica del mercado abolió las fronteras geopolíticas entre los países y dio paso a un grupo reducido de empresas que manejan el mercado.
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Vinod Tiwari, Conservator (Environment), HP State Electricity Board, India
Vinod Tiwari draws attention to understanding the carrying capacity of the earth (Gaia) as a whole.
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Dr. Muhammad Pervaz, Hydrocarbon Development Institute, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Pervaz outlines 7 elements for the success of sustainable development initiatives in a developing country context.
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Ing. José Sánchez-Narvaez, Convenio Andrés Bello, Perú
Jose Sanchez redefines the debate that arose more than 10 years ago on the change of paradigm in relation to economy-sustainability.
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Riitta Wahlström, Taiga Institute, Finland
Riitta Wahlström agrees with Lester Brown that western culture cannot continue as it is. All activities need to be evaluated for their impacts on nature.
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Nakul Vhettri, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - ICIMOD, India
Nakul Vhettri says that social welfare
through economic development needs natural resources, the market and biodiversity for attaining globally agreed goals.
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Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
Lester Brown, author of Plan B 2.0 Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2006) argues that global civilization is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, leading us toward an eventual economic collapse, and that China is forcing the world to rethink its economic future.
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September 4-8 2006
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