miércoles, 28 de noviembre de 2012

Agenda 21, UN - The Daily Bell

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Agenda 21, UN


Agenda 21 is an action plan developed by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division of Sustainable Development during the 1992 conference in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The report full title is "Agenda 21; Earth Summit – The United Nations Programme of Action from Rio," indicates that this plan was the focus of the 1992 UN conference in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The title's "21" refers to the 21st century.

The aims of Agenda 21 are very broad but are generally referred to as "sustainable development." This naturally is used to justify massive spending on environmental issues. However, the first issue mentioned is the "disparity" between rich and poor nations, which has long been used by internationalists to justify massive forced redistribution of wealth between countries. Other problems targeted by Agenda 21 are "poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy."

Agenda 21 consists of 40 chapters grouped into 4 sections: "Social and Economic Dimensions," "Conservation and Management of Resources for Development," "Strengthening the Role of Major Groups" and "Means of Implementation." Particularly disturbing chapters within the first section are "Changing Consumption Patterns," which invites massive government meddling with the market, and "Demographic Dynamics & Sustainability," which is uncomfortably close to population control. Even if these are accomplished by voluntary means, they still represent disruptive government interference, which brings a slew of unintended consequences.

The second section is a compendium of standard environmentalist demands for government regulations, including limits on biotechnology. The major groups mentioned in the third section include women, children, indigenous people, non-governmental organizations, local authorities, trade unions, businesses, scientists and technologists and farmers. The means of implementation include forced technology transfers from rich to poor nations at the rich nations' expense, increased funding for science, increased propaganda disguised as education and public outreach and various national and international government agencies, institutions and laws. The book additionally contains the texts of the "Rio Declaration on Environment and Development" and the "Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests."

One major problem with Agenda 21 is a philosophical assumption stated in the Preamble: "Its successful implementation is first and foremost the responsibility of Governments." Two major problems exist with this statement. First, as Einstein said, the solution to a problem requires a different mindset than that which created it; however, governments have been in control as these problems developed and are unlikely to be able to come up with the novel solutions required to solve them. Second, this also discourages the private sector from finding solutions to environmental problems; one good example of this is Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in eastern Pennsylvania, which is privately owned and protects a critical point of migration for raptors.

Urbanization is an important part of Agenda 21. While cities can reduce certain environmental impacts, such as long commutes, other factors will increase the footprint of city dwellers. With over half of the world's population now urbanized, we have probably already passed the point where increased urbanization results in net negative environmental impacts. The statist Chinese have been strong supporters of Agenda 21; in anticipation of fulfilling its directives, they have built massive cities that paradoxically remain unoccupied, thereby adding the environmental costs of construction without generating any of the social benefits that are supposed to arise.

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