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Strengthening the Role of Civil Society ‘Major Groups’ in Sustainable Development
It has been well realized that broad public participation in decision-making is one of the fundamental prerequisites for sustainable development. Major public groups recognized and generally accepted so far include: non-governmental organizations, farmers, women, religious scholars, the scientific and technological communities, children and youth, indigenous peoples and their communities, workers and trade unions, business and industry and local authorities.........more ....
Democratization and Peace Linkages: Myth versus Reality
The absence of constitutional rule and democratic pluralism in Pakistan reflects institutional failure at many levels. First, alternating military and civilian rule has undermined institutional growth. Second, efforts at institution building lack an indigenous context and, hence, credibility. Third, geo-strategic imperatives have diffused external efforts at promoting democratization. This inherent duality is reflected in the support to and the perpetuation of military regimes........more .....
Cotton is grown on more than three million hectares (ha) in Pakistan: this accounts for about one sixth of the total cultivated area. Annual production surpassed 2.4 million tonnes in the 2004/05 harvest, Pakistan's highest ever cotton production. This made the country the fourth largest producer in the world. This 'white gold' accounts directly for a tenth of the value added in agriculture. Through its use in the textile and clothing industries, Pakistan's industrial backbone, cotton is indirectly responsible for another tenth of the GDP and for about two thirds of the total merchandise exports. . ........more ......
Carbon Capture and the Carbon Inventory in Pakistan
The ultimate objective of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, to which Pakistan is a signatory, is the achievement of a stabilized world atmospheric ‘concentration of greenhouse gases’ (GHGs) that would “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” (UNFCCC, 1992). Carbon dioxide leads GHG emissions as the most significant human contribution, with the emissions of CO2 due to fossil fuel burning named by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001 c) as the “dominant influence on the trends in atmospheric CO2 concentration during the 21st century.”.........more ......
In Retrospect
Announcements
- Chairpersonship Change at SDPI
- New Executive Director at SDPI
- UNEP ROAP and SDPI Sign an MoU for Environmental Cooperation
