{"id":89,"date":"2007-04-23T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprajan.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/23\/are-not-poverty-and-need-the-greatest-polluters\/"},"modified":"2010-05-03T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T16:35:26","slug":"are-not-poverty-and-need-greatest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/are-not-poverty-and-need-greatest\/","title":{"rendered":"Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">In the global level, environmental protection started gaining attention in the early 1970\u2019s with the UN Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm (June 1972). The then prime minister of India, Ms. Indira Gandhi was the only national head of a guest country to be present at the historical conference. The other head of state was the Swedish prime minister-the host. At this conference, Ms.Gandhi shocked the audience to attention by asking <\/span><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters?\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"> She had forcefully stated that &#8220;the environment cannot be improved in conditions of poverty&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Here is an excerpt from her talk, <\/span><em>&#8220;Unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily necessities of the tribal people and those who live in or around our jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood; from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation. How can we speak to those who live in villages and slums about keeping the oceans, the rivers and the air clean when their own lives are contaminated at the source?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">So what do you think about this? And as Indians where are we today, 35 years down the lane? I would love to hear your take on this.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the global level, environmental protection started gaining attention in the early 1970\u2019s with the UN Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm (June 1972). The then prime minister of India, Ms. Indira Gandhi was the only national head of a guest country to be present at the historical conference. The other head of state was the Swedish prime minister-the host. 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