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Chapter 2 Contemporary Sustainable Development Issues Overview 38 / Education for Sustainable Development in Biosphere Reserves and Other Designated Areas Chapter 2 Contemporary sustainable development issues overview 38 / Education for Sustainable Development in Biosphere Reserves and other Designated Areas Chapter 2 Contemporary sustainable development issues overview 2.1 Introduction – Environmental The Mediterranean basin has experienced intensive hu- problems and consequences man activities and impact on its ecosystems for thou- sands of years. Various types of settlement have existed Environmental problems are not as new as most of us in the area for at least 8,000 years. The greatest impacts think - they have been an integral part of human society of human civilization have been deforestation, overgraz- since antiquity. What is new about the environmental ing, fires, and infrastructure development, especially problems in our times, are their size, intensity and form. on the coast. Historically, Mediterranean forests were burned to create agricultural lands and intensification Archaeological data shows that environmental pollution has especially affected the European side. The agricul- has been with us for quite some time. The role played by tural lands, evergreen woodlands and maquis habitats the environment in significant historic events, such as that dominate the region today are the result of these wars, has been largely unacknowledged. However, this anthropogenic disturbances over several millennia. role is beginning to be increasingly examined. Examples include the following: • Saws, 2 - 2.5 metres long used for logging dense forests The main characteristics of the environmental circum- can be found in the museum of Iraklion, Crete. These for- stances described above indicate that they were region- ests provided all the wood needed for the construction al in nature and restricted to a small area. In contrast, of the Minoan fleet, and as a result, these forests never the environmental problems we face today present grew again in Crete. Similarly in Cyprus, forests in an- widespread concerns on a planetary level. cient times were cut down to be used as fuel for cop- The root causes of environmental degradation today are: per metallurgy. Although this practice led to technical advances contributing to the island’s prehistoric devel- • Overpopulation. The population explosion has gone far opment, the destruction of these natural resources ulti- beyond any known population increase on Earth. It is mately led to the fall of the Cypriot civilization. worth noting, that the great civilizations of the past (i.e. • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were terraced gar- Egyptian, Assyrian, Hellenic, Chinese, Maya) up to the dens with vegetation growing on various levels, covered era of renaissance and the Industrial Revolution were all by imported soil and irrigated by an extensive system of developed within a world population of far fewer than 1 hydraulic lifts. The methods of garden cultivation and billion. By 1830, world population was about 1 billion and preservation were a well-kept secret of the priesthood. by 1930 it grew to 2 billion. This resulted in the growth With time, this precious knowledge and experience were of migration (due to unemployment and economic cri- lost. Proper drainage techniques were no longer imple- ses); the peak of colonialism which subsequently led to mented and the soil became increasingly salinated, and overexploitation of natural resources; and in mass de- thus infertile. partures to new and unexploited areas. In just 30 years • A common example of humanity’s destructive impact the population reached 3 billion, while, by the year 2000, upon large areas is overgrazing. Overgrazing forced the world population reached 6 billion. This explosion of thriving societies to change their main occupation of ani- population growth and the increased demand for food, mal farming to different vocations or to move. One such water, shelter, transport, education etc., put extreme case is that of Turkey, where people had to move from pressure on space, materials and natural resources on the interior of Asia to the coastal regions of Asia Minor. an unprecedented scale of our planet’s recent history. Constraints imposed by the environment have also influ- enced human development. For example, rising sea lev- els, flooding, the creation of the Aegean and the volcanic eruption in Santorini with the destruction of Minoan Civi- lization. Another example is the short glacial period of Even if most of the environmental prob- the 11th century AD that prevented migration from Scan- lems are interlinked on a global scale, for dinavia to Canada and, in turn, the delayed discovery of many of them, a lot can be done by active America. Such examples demonstrate that already since citizens at local level. That is reflected in antiquity certain developments in societal progress on the well known phrase “think globally act the planet were due to either human intervention or nat- locally” that has prevailed in many cam- ural environmental causes. paigns to sensitise and empower citizens during the last decades. Mediterranean Basin / 39 1 1. Crops and meadows, El Fehoul, Algeria © Olivier Brestin 2. Landscape with low stone walls on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, Honaine region, Algeria © Olivier Brestin 2 3. Rainwater harvesting cistern used for irrigation of crops and cattle, Fotegandros Island, Greece © MIO-ECSDE / V. Psallidas 3 40 / Education for Sustainable Development in Biosphere Reserves and other Designated Areas 5 4 6 4. Young girl from the 5. Young boy, 6. Little girls 7. Inhabitant Roma community, El Fehoul, Algeria in Algiers, Algeria of Noratous, Armenia Les-Saintes-Maries- © Olivier Brestin © Olivier Brestin © Olivier Brestin de-la-Mer, France © Olivier Brestin Figure 7 7 The urban and rural populations on the two shores of the Mediterranean 350 Currently there are roughly 300 million people living around the Mediterranean coasts, a human pressure for 300 the fragile ecosystems that is aggravated by the rapid Urban - South and Est shore population growth of the South as well as the 110 million 250 visitors per year, placing a significant pressure particu- larly on the coastal ecosystems. 200 150 Urban -North shore • Overconsumption: The significant changes in the life- 100 style models of the developed and the developing world, Millions inhabitants combined with the unsustainable patterns of production 50 and consumption of goods have contributed decisively to the increasing pressure put on the planet. 0 For example, one would guess that a population which 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 has doubled in size (e.g. between 1960 and 2000) would 350 consume double the energy as well. In fact, energy con- sumption has increased fivefold. Gender inequalities, 300 child labour, animal cruelty on animal farms, animal testing, even to endangered species are just a few side 250 effects of today’s overconsumption habits. 200 • The problem is exacerbated by false growth rate indi- cators that fail to integrate environmental parameters, 150 like the unpriced ecosystem services and social ones, Rural - South and East shore such as volunteer work, unpaid domestic work. In recent 100 Millions inhabitants years in an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life or social progress in more holistic and 50 psychological terms than gross domestic product (GDP) Rural - North shore several other indicators have been proposed like the UN 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 Human Development Index (HDI). • The lack of public awareness, proper education of our Source : United Nations Population Division -World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision et World Urbanisation Prospects : The 2007 Revision individual and collective responsibility is yet another root cause of environmental degradation. / 41 In the 1970’s, the growing concern for the environment As we continue to seek greater economic growth and and the consequences of pollution first emerged along- prosperity, we simultaneously contribute to environmen- side the appearance of significant environmental prob- tal degradation. However, development is only compat- lems; it was a “wake up call” to a society largely based ible with progress and prosperity when life’s natural on consumerism. During this time, considerable environ- foundations are secured and renewed – when future mental problems began to appear: a) oil spills with hun- interests are not sacrificed for those of the present. If dreds of dead birds and animals; b) death and paralysis development and progress continue to be seen solely on from Minamata-Niigata disease in Japan (due to the re- a quantitative scale, widespread, global environmental lease of highly toxic mercury compounds into the food problems will persist and increase. chain); c) the indiscriminate use of DDT for agricultural The following sections (starting p. 42) summarize the purposes, causing among others, severely damaged bird major environmental problems facing the Mediterranean populations (it affected calcium deposition and there- region and beyond, today. fore the thickness and fragility of eggshells); d) the sur- face froth from detergents on lakes (e.g. Lake Iris-Cana- UNECE ESD Competences for Educators da/USA) causing fish to die from suffocation. In 2009, UNECE established an Expert Group on Compe- tences in ESD with the mandate to prepare: The publication of “Silent Spring” by the American bio- (a) General recommendations for policymakers, so as to logist Rachel Carson, on the impacts of DDT and other provide them with a tool to integrate ESD into relevant pesticides produced a large public outcry and is con- policy documents across all education sectors, formal sidered a milestone in the birth of the environmentalist and non formal. movement. At the same time, some important environ- (b) A range of core competences in ESD for educators, mental documentaries were filmed, particularly for the including their definitions and guidelines for the devel- degrading marine environments (such as the documen- opment of these competences among educators. taries of Cousteau). These films brought biodiversity, The work of the expert group led to the production of a species extinction, etc.
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