SDG 12.2: Sustainable Management and Use of Natural Resources

A country can be considered to be on a sustainable path if it can maintain its standard of living without depleting its natural resources or otherwise degrading the environment, for example, by polluting or not managing waste well. In that spirit, SDG target 12.2 aims to achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030.

Countries have demonstrated it is possible to achieve economic growth without depleting natural resources: on average, countries have increased the value of their natural capital by 26.8 percent since the mid-1990s. Yet, for many countries, economic growth continues to come at the expense of natural resources.

In the SDG framework, the responsibility to ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns is shared by governments, the private sector, and citizens.

Mapping Drinking Water Scarcity in Kashmir
1024 683 Zahoor Ahmad Dar

The change in global precipitation, increasing global temperatures, melting of glaciers, rising sea level waters, displacement of people, erratic monsoons pose an unprecedented threat to human existence. Distribution of drinking…

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Chopans: Pastoralists of Kashmir who sustain sheep farming in Kashmir
1024 554 Mukhtar Dar

Introduction Livestock rearing is indispensable to rural economies everywhere. J&K too is no exception. In Kashmir, besides the milch cattle, sheep farming has all along been part of farming traditions.…

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Kashmir’s wetlands continue to be degraded and, sooner or later, they will come back to haunt us
480 320 Adeela Hameed

Wetlands form an indispensable part of the natural water systems that are capable of preventing flood-like disasters. Above all, these vulnerable ecosystems are necessary for the survival of diverse flora,…

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New Mining Policy in J&K: Interests of locals are paramount, not revenue
500 479 Mukhtar Dar

It is the responsibility of the government to acknowledge and respond to the concerns raised by the locals vis-à-vis the new mining policy and make sure that the policy does…

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