This document summarizes a presentation on the international aspects of sustainability given by Agnieszka Piasecka at Ajou University in South Korea in 2010. The presentation covers the historic development of sustainability concepts in Europe and East Asia, including early conservation efforts dating back to the 10th century in Europe. It then discusses major international sustainability agreements and frameworks such as the 1992 Rio Summit and EU directives. Finally, it compares approaches to sustainability in Poland/Europe and South Korea, noting differences such as Poland taking a more egalitarian approach while South Korea's has been more anthropocentric.
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International aspect of sustainability
1. International aspect of
sustainability
The European and East Asian
Interpretation
襷ろ 覿覈 ろ ク讌 Agnieszka Piasecka
Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities III
apkmedia@gmail.com
Ajou University, Suwon, 20.10.2010
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2. International aspect
Agenda:
Introduction
Historic development of Sustainability Concept
The Rio Summit and its legacy
How it is done in Poland/Europe?
How it is done in South Korea?
Comparison/ summary
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3. International aspect...
European beaver
(castor fiber)
Early protection: 1020
AD
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4. International aspect
Early protection ideas Europe
Confucian values and the environment
Industrialization and environmental threat
Positivism and its legacy, first National Parks
From Stockholm to Rio
Rio legacy and its implementation
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6. International aspect
Professor Szafer with
Ernst Hartert,
friends,
German ornithologist,
Polish Ecosystem
early
biologist,
Conservation pioneer
Conservation pioneer
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7. International aspect
European Union and its Directives
Natura 2000:
26 000 sites, 850 000km2, 20% of the
area
Case study example
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8. International aspect...
Wyszk坦w City Ring
Best option survey
and managemet
Environment safe-
i.e. Wildlife highway
passages
New jobs Warsaw
within 30' by car
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9. International aspect
South Korea and sustainability
National frameworks and long term
planning
Green Vision 21 strategies and
implementation
1997 crisis and its aftermath
President Lee and Four Rivers Project
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10. International aspect
What is sustainability?
Egalitarian approach in Poland vs
anthropocentric in South Korea
Future challenges
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11. International aspect
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Finger M., Princen T. Environmental NGOs in world politics: Linking the local and the
global, Routledge 1994
2005 Environmental Sustainability Index, University of Yale
Volkery et al. Republic of Korea Case Study: Analysis of National Strategies for Sustainable
Development, Freie Universiteit Berlin, Working Paper, 2004
Kulik R. Czy rozw坦j zr坦wnowazony jest waciw drog? Dzikie 纏ycie 7-8 (181-182) 2009
UN A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. I), Rio declaration on environment and development
UN A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. I) Rio Agenda 21
Natura 2000 Framework http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/index_en.htm
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