Professional paper
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRATEGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Ivan Cifrić
; Faculty of Philosphy, Zagreb
Abstract
Globalization processes condition national environmental policies as components of a sustainable development. This is especially true of post–communist states such as Croatia. One of the crucial documents in terms of national environmental policy is the Strategy of Environmental Protection.
In this paper discussed are preconditions for the elaboraion of the Strategy of Environmental Protection, activities concerning national planing of environmental development and protection, and some discussion topics. There are external and internal preconditions that are to be counted with (such as Croatia's international relations, international environmental regulations, the national Strategy of Sustainable Development, model of strategic planning, etc.).
The environmental planning should be approached systematically: key issues, priorities and actors should be defined. The Strategy of Environmental Protection and the National Implementation Plan should be accepted by an concensus (between parliamentary parties, private sector and civil society).
The concept that should be started with consists of three mutually connected structures: ecosphere protection, a stable economic development and a right distribution of life chances. Each of them should be particulary elaborated. When applying the sustainability principle, the author pleads for an combination of strong and weak sustainability.
Keywords
environmental conflicts; environmental policy; Croatia; sustainable development; the Strategy of Sustainable Development
Hrčak ID:
141730
URI
Publication date:
15.5.2000.
Visits: 4.716 *