Cuba is the only country in the world today that meets the criteria for sustainable development, according to a report from the World Wildlife Federation. The WWF released a report on Oct. 24 showing that humans are using up natural resources faster than nature can replenish or renew them.
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Socialist Cuba was the only country to meet the standards for sustainability using two indices, the WWF’s ecological footprint measure and the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index. The HDI is calculated based on life expectancy, literacy and per capital Gross Domestic Product. An HDI value greater than 0.8 is considered to be "high human development."
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Cuba also has become a world leader in the use of environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. With socialist planning and distribution, there is no incentive to waste resources in pursuit of short-term profit; the only incentive is to plan for sustainable development, stewarding natural resources for future generations.
Friday, November 03, 2006
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Good catch for our man up the creek! Of course this kind of information will just fuel the ABA right wing in their insistance that Sustainability is a socialist plot. RLK
It only makes sense. They don't have all of the corporations raping the land. The people also live simpler lives. Most people here could never live like that.
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