The Ecological Consequences of Global Economic Growth

The ecological impact of economic growth on a global scale is due to the natural process of selection and evolution and in the history of the earth five different "mass extinctions" in which 65% to 95% of all species were destroyed had. (Cock and Hopwood, 1996: 17) Next, I will explain briefly the concept of "risk" by examining the positive and negative influences of global economic growth on ecosystem and economic loss. And the result of 'population increase'.

The linear view of the economic development used by most mainstream and corporate economists and politicians corresponds to a narrow quantitative concept of economic growth and the concept of ecological and ecological development qualitatively grows Corresponding to the concept of. Indeed, the biological concept of development includes quantitative and qualitative growth. The growth pattern of life follows a logical curve rather than an exponential curve. An example of abnormal quantitative growth in a biological system is a cancer cell that ultimately kills the host. Infinite growth is fatal to life systems and the economy. In contrast, the quality of living organisms, ecosystems and economies grows if it contains a dynamic balance between growth, recession, circulation, if it also includes learning and development of maturity, You can continue. Capra and Henderson argue as follows.

The main challenge we are facing is how to shift from an economic system based on the concept of infinite growth to an ecologically sustainable and socially fair economic system. "No growth" is not an answer. Growth is a central feature of all life, society and economy not growing will die sooner or later. However, the growth of nature is neither linear nor infinite. When certain parts of living organisms and ecosystems grow, other parts fall, releasing their constituents, recycling them, and becoming new growth resources.