The rapid pace in transport-system, information technology, communication etc. has led the world to new heights narrowing the globe day after day. There has been a tremendous physical development in the world with awe-inspiring superstructures, skyscrapers, infrastructures. Human Resource has gained par excellence due to countries' own initiatives, efforts, hard work, transfer of new technologies and resources across the globe.
However, with all these achievements, the current development system follows conventional pattern emphasizing development as synonymous to modernization or westernization. Yes, new innovations, R & D in health have made our lives more contented and lengthened the span of our life but, we haven't realized, we are shortening our life in the long run on the pretext of lengthening our present- life.
As we know well the scarce resources beneath and above the earth surface are the most significant factors of production which are major contributors and driving force to the world economy. We can notice how the rise in fossil fuel prices has been shaking the world. Yet, many serious questions arise- for how long these earthy-resources will be able to cater the voracious appetite of the resource-hungry world? Will the continued over-exploitation of conventional resources buy our sustainable future? This are largely debated issues in development discourses today.
For our collective survival, we must conserve our mother earth more intensely and sincerely. We should see how the environment of another country is damaged by over- exploiting our own country's resources because the world in which we live, is one and only entity and the pain can be felt no matter which part of our body get bruises.
We must maintain the sustainability of ecologies of our earth as all ecologies complement to each other and are interlinked to the life of earthy creatures. Looking and realizing this matter is more crucial than 'over-achieving' physical development because it will eventually synthesize and lengthen our future. The seasons, the monsoon, the hydraulic cycle of our earth should be maintained no matter what sort of physical development is to be sacrificed.
It is also known that 'ice dynamics' are the key factors to climate changes and in their role in sea-level rise. The correlation between global-warming, sea-level rise and massive deforestation in the developing world such as Amazonia, Zaire basin, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka are the well proven facts.
Hence, the equilibrium between the mountain ecology and coastal ecology is inevitable to sustain the human ecology in both the region. Unbalancing them can stimulate the green-house effect and encourage global warming. This effect is eventually accelerating the frequency of melting of ice, climatic changes resulting excessive rainfall, flood, soil-erosion and landslides.
According to some observations, available since the early 1990s, since 1993 sea- level has been rising at a rate of about 3 millimeters per year. Climate models based on the current rate of increase in greenhouse gases, however, indicate that sea- level may rise at about 4 millimeters per year reaching 0.22 to 0.44 meters above 1990 levels by the period 2090-2099.
The latest G8 summit held in Japan also indorsed to cut the Green-house gas by half by the year 2050. However, some of the environmental experts hailed it by saying that it lacks the commitment. At the same time, the fast-developing countries like China, India, Brazil etc. have recently booming with transformation & modernization, such commitment will have a little or no effect at all. Moreover, these countries have ignored to endorse it. Eventually, when many countries will be following their footsteps, more exploitation and use of mineral, water and forest resources will take place which may lead further serious environmental repercussions.
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With all these serious effects, all the countries (coastal, non-coastal, and mountainous) should go hand in hand for the sake of conserving the mother earth. The developed countries (because they have technologies) should intensify exploration of new green-technologies and lay their helping hands to developing-world by transferring such technologies. The taboo divisions of the north and south, west and east, need to be dismantled. 'One' collective world should go hand in hand and help each other that eventually will mean the contribution to their nation's own existence. Only then we can envision our survival, sustenance of all the creatures in our 'green' future.
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