dmrivs from ies work. FKW6 A/IS/PV.S 19-20 ‘T My Government and people would greatly value the assistance and c~lloborotion of UNESCO and the United Notions Environment Programme (UNSP) to promote l nviroamontal education and training for the 1990s in our schools and to incorpozato environments1 literacy into our notional strategies for educational advancement. It is clear tbot the world is more seauitive today to issues relating to the envirominent . This is the case to such on extent that many projects in developing countries ore either delayed or denied because either the induatriolised countries or the multiloterol agencies hove concerns obout the impact of theae projects OP the enviroomeat. Philosophically, this may seem to be a reoaonoble approach. However, it must be viewed against the background that most, if not all, of the prablemo we worry about today are caused by the industriolioed countries, which, in or&or to achieve their developmental objectivea, place development first and the environeat lost, and rometimes nowhere at a;?.. PIB/pt AfBLwPu. 5 22 We bear ab0Ut tba greenhouoe effaat now beaaure the induotriali8ed aOuntrie8 have been cutting down their foreate for decadea. It is they who accumulate nualear wute and toxic warke. It i8 eiuy who have p0llutad river8 and 8088 somo aaaimal-right8 group8 will malign the goad a&a@ of (I whole nation of fameP8 whose crop8 are 8yst8matical!y destroyed by aoakeyrp. leading to extreme frustration, lo68 of income, a &preswd and di8eIlcbauted sector and depletion of foreiga exchange. Ue must be rational ia our approach to the enviroament. Sustained developmast cad effectiw environmental protection mu8t be complementary ana not competitive. Linkage8 nust be forged between indurtry and environmental p:otectiOn to attain M improved qUality of life. Im 8hort. th& environmeat must not be used a8 a 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of environmental protection in the context of economic development, highlighting the need for a balanced approach that considers both industrial growth and environmental sustainability. The author emphasizes the responsibility of industrialized countries in causing environmental problems and calls for a rational approach to environmental protection that is complementary to economic development.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Economic development