State of the World 1997: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society (State of the World: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society)

by Lester R. Brown (Editor)

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  1997

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  Evidence is mounting of the human and social costs of unsustainable practices, as the standard of living of communities and whole countries is threatened by diminishing fisheries, forests and grazing land. This text sets out to show how sustainability can be achieved without lowering living standards. This edition explains the economic and ecological case for sustainability and how to achieve it. It describes many instances of success at maintaining the resource base and the quality of the environment, and focuses on measures of long-term sustainability. It also sets out a rational tax system and financial basis for the future, taking into account the realities of pollution, degradation and resource loss.