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and application of science and technology in resources, environment and sustainable development can push the shift toward a resource-saving, environment-friendly
society. Third, it serves as supportive conditions for changing the economic development mode, boosting economic restructuring and industrial technology upgrade,
and realizing sound and fast development.
Modern technologies are powerful instruments for ecological progress and the
improvement of environmental quality, but they are not the whole approaches to
ecological progress. In fact, science and technology are a “double-edged sword.” On
the one hand, with the traditional industrialization in the twentieth century, natural
resources have been subject to high-intensity and predatory exploitation and utilization, which has caused serious ecological damages and environmental pollution.
This is to a large extent driven by modern technological revolution. On the other
hand, science and technology are playing an increasing role in resource conservation, ecological protection and environmental improvement, but the view of omnipotent science and technology must be discarded in building ecological civilization.
While stressing the positive effect of sci-tech progress in ecological progress, we
cannot become superstitious about modern science and technology. Nor can we
equate ecological progress, a complicated socioeconomic progress, with a simple
process of technology-based governance while neglecting the role and influence of
culture.
Science and technology are in no way omnipotent. Bearing this in mind, we won’t
think there is an alternative to everything, but would admit “we have only one earth”
and consequently protect this only planet we call home. The theories and methods of
ecosystem management point out the way to straighten out the macro system encompassing population, resources, environment, economy and society. Employing the
approaches of systematic engineering and the principles of human ecology, it studies
the dynamics and cybernetics of the composite ecosystem. Ecosystem management
coordinates the complicated relation of systematic coupling between man and nature,
economy and environment, part and whole on such dimensions as time, space, quantity, structure and order. It promotes efficient use of matters, energies and information,
fully merges technology and nature, and maximizes human creativity and productivity, so as to protect the ecosystem functions and people’s physical and mental health
to the largest extent, and ensure the sustained and healthy development of economy,
nature and culture. Promoting ecosystem management on the basis of China’s advantageous management system will help generate satisfactory results across the board
through our ecological civilization efforts.
H. Zhou
and application of science and technology in resources, environment and sustainable development can push the shift toward a resource-saving, environment-friendly
society. Third, it serves as supportive conditions for changing the economic development mode, boosting economic restructuring and industrial technology upgrade,
and realizing sound and fast development.
Modern technologies are powerful instruments for ecological progress and the
improvement of environmental quality, but they are not the whole approaches to
ecological progress. In fact, science and technology are a “double-edged sword.” On
the one hand, with the traditional industrialization in the twentieth century, natural
resources have been subject to high-intensity and predatory exploitation and utilization, which has caused serious ecological damages and environmental pollution.
This is to a large extent driven by modern technological revolution. On the other
hand, science and technology are playing an increasing role in resource conservation, ecological protection and environmental improvement, but the view of omnipotent science and technology must be discarded in building ecological civilization.
While stressing the positive effect of sci-tech progress in ecological progress, we
cannot become superstitious about modern science and technology. Nor can we
equate ecological progress, a complicated socioeconomic progress, with a simple
process of technology-based governance while neglecting the role and influence of
culture.
Science and technology are in no way omnipotent. Bearing this in mind, we won’t
think there is an alternative to everything, but would admit “we have only one earth”
and consequently protect this only planet we call home. The theories and methods of
ecosystem management point out the way to straighten out the macro system encompassing population, resources, environment, economy and society. Employing the
approaches of systematic engineering and the principles of human ecology, it studies
the dynamics and cybernetics of the composite ecosystem. Ecosystem management
coordinates the complicated relation of systematic coupling between man and nature,
economy and environment, part and whole on such dimensions as time, space, quantity, structure and order. It promotes efficient use of matters, energies and information,
fully merges technology and nature, and maximizes human creativity and productivity, so as to protect the ecosystem functions and people’s physical and mental health
to the largest extent, and ensure the sustained and healthy development of economy,
nature and culture. Promoting ecosystem management on the basis of China’s advantageous management system will help generate satisfactory results across the board
through our ecological civilization efforts.