The
1983 World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission)
of the United Nations defined sustainable development as "meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs." It pointed out that development may show profits
on the balance sheets of the
present generation but their children
may inherit the losses. One may borrow environmental capital from future
generations and get away with it because future generations do not vote, they
have no political or financial power, they cannot challenge the decisions of
the present.
|
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY OR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT |
DESTRUC-TION
OF FLORA AND FAUNA |
REDUC-TION IN
GROUND WATER |
AIR
AND WATER POLLU-TION |
REDUCTION
OF SCENIC QUALITY & VISTAS |
|
RESIDENTIAL
|
H |
H |
M |
H |
|
COMMERCIAL |
H |
H |
M |
H |
|
INDUSTRIAL |
H |
H |
H |
H |
|
RECREATIONAL |
D |
S |
S |
S |
|
AGRICULTURAL |
S |
S |
S |
S |
LEGEND:
H- HIGH POSSIBILITY M-
MODERATE POSSIBILITY
D- CASE-TO-CASE P- SOME POSSIBILITY S- MINIMAL
Source: DENR
|
ITEM |
COST |
|
Health Costs: |
|
Foregone Earnings From Morbidity |
P 131 M |
|
Health Cost:
Medication |
P 138 M |
|
Foregone Earnings from
Premature Death |
P 345 M |
|
Off-Site Damages: |
|
|
On Coral Reefs
(Foregone Fish Production) |
P 728 M |
|
On Reservoirs (reduced
lifespan of dams) |
P 58 M |
|
On Agriculture
(foregone rice production in reduced irrigated
land areas) |
P 12 M |
|
Inland Fisheries
(foregone fish production in Laguna de Bay) |
P 19 M |
source: ENRA Manual