Problem
Natural resources used for national self-interest
Other Names:
National self-interest development priority Nature:
There is an underlying problem of national self-interest in the development and distribution of natural resources. In their use of natural resources, many developed nations adopt the attitude that they are unrelated to the rest of the world; they see no overall responsibility for sharing and refining such natural resources for the benefit of all nations. This is exemplified by nations which, by using large nets and factory processing methods aboard ship, are depleting the world's oceans of fish, one of the most important food natural resources.
Broader Problems:
Non-inclusive management decisionsUnethical practices in natural resource management Narrower Problems:
Self-interested industrial visionNationalistically determined development of natural resources Aggravates:
Maldistribution of energy consumptionSelf-interested government foreign policiesObstacles to the utilization of coastal and deep sea water resources Subject(s):
Development → Development Individuation → Individuation
Resources → Resources
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST