Reducao da pobreza e protecao do meio ambiente - um chamado a acao

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The paper presents the speech by Mr. Lewis T. Preston, President of the Bank, on the subject of poverty reduction and the protection of the environment - a call for action, delivered at the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. Within a shared responsibility, the speaker identifies the number of people living in absolute poverty, emphasizing predictions that within the next forty years, the world population will grow by an estimated 4.000 million people, the majority of which will be born in poor countries. Needless to say, in order to satisfy basic needs, food production would double, and industrial production and the use of energy would triple worldwide, while estimates are five-fold for developing countries, all in all exerting great pressures on the environment. The speaker highlights the link between poverty and environmental degradation, specifying the need to enhance positively the links between a stimulus to increased incomes, poverty reduction, and envi

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