Scientific Justification for Environmental and Ecological Sustainable Development
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This article shows that science and technology will play a central role in working toward sustainable development. Scientific research will be crucial to better understanding how human activity affects the environment. The sciences, like new technologies, should continue to provide for an improvement in the efficiency of resource utilization and in developing new practices, resources, and alternatives. Thus, the sciences are increasingly being understood as an essential component in the search for feasible pathways towards sustainable development.
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