Presenter: Mirza Habib Ali

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GROUP 2

• Presenter Mirza Habib Ali
• Moderator Qasim M Ahmed

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Group members

• Kazim Niaz
• Tahira Kamal Umrani
• Ahmad Khan
• Mirza Habib Ali
• Qasim Mahmood Ahmed

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Assignment

• Discuss two statements for comparing two extreme
  positions regarding NR use to develop a policy
  option in light of merits and demerits of both

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Minimum damage to NRs by rationalizing
consumptive patterns

• Merits
• Promote sustainable use
• In line with religious teachings
• Minimum upfront spending
• Offer research options
• Maintains gender balance

• Demerits
• Infringes on individual lifestyle
• Difficult to standardize
• Difficult to quantify
• In conflict with culture traditions
• Threaten indigenous practices

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Better life by converting NRs to built environment

• Merits
• Improved life standards
• Politically acceptable
• Suits corporate sector
• Offers economic growth opportunities
• Development oriented approach

• Demerits
• Exploitation of resources
• Compromise on SD principles
• Rapid depletion
• Drastic expected impacts
• No second chance

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Policy statement

• To offer, promote and facilitate an enabling
  developmental process approach for enhancing
  opportunities to the society based on local
  culture, traditions and values for optimizing
  sustainable use of Natural Resources for the
  current and future generations to come

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