•Name the four environmental narratives identified in SA:

-The conservation

-The economic view

-Non-state actors

-Local views

 

•Objective and motive for each narrative:

-The conservation: sees the environment as the victim of the ignorant and destructive local community’s rescue, but this goal is in a poor way

Motive-the narrative ensures environmental land protection in the interest of communities and its people.

 

-The economic view: the environment is considered to be the commodity mainly available for purchase and selling.

Motive- identify opportunities for those with the means and therefore the power to make use of resources to make money.

 

-Non-state actors: the views are derived from external stakeholders(e.g academics, researchers, NGO’s) outside of the local community.

Motive- they believe that the resource of human beings must not be used for themselves and that the environment must be safeguarded and respected

 

-The local news: the views on time, locations, individual characteristics and circumstance and local power and policy are very complex and highly differentiated.

Motive- is influenced by the nature if the socio- political context in relation to the environment or whether the communities from the country are more environmentally safe, and have scarce resources such as farmers, use for food, wood for fuel, construction, housing, fodder or medicinal products for their livelihoods.

 

•Do these narratives contribute to an understanding of the SA environment?

-Yes, they do. All these accounts help us understand more about our South African nature and how we contribute to the well-being natures. It also helps us understand what we human beings are doing to damage the nature of our country.

 

•Two main environmental discourses:

-Sustainable development- is a development which meets the ability of today without compromising future generation’s ability to meet their needs. In global environmental policy it plays an essential role. Beliefs about social and environmental relations, such as developing without damaging the environment, influence sustainable development. Sustainable development calls for the continuous development of companies, coordination and commitment to every effort.

 

-Social justice-is the equilibrium relationship between persons and society and is compares to the differences in wealth distribution. It discusses the daily challenges facing local communities such as poverty, education shortfall, unemployment and the impact on public health of air and water pollution.

 

•How does the sustainable development discourses into the SA policies?

-It helps to systematically monitor, track and report on natural capital stock and flows through the use of the ecosystem accounting. It helps the SA policies to understand what the issues should be resolved.