With less than a week to go before the plan is debated in the States, the group say that ministers are playing a dangerous game by promoting the Island’s international identity and shirking basic responsibilities.
‘The greatest dangers the world faces today are increasing population, the per-capita increase in consumption of the world’s resources and the resultant environmental destruction,’ say Concern.
‘With continued development of the Island’s international profile comes international responsibility.
We see very little in the Strategic Plan that addresses this responsibility and much that shirks it.’ Chief Minister Frank Walker indicated this morning that ministers will accept Deputy Rob Duhamel’s amendment to the plan – which calls for the updating and implementation of the 2001 Sustainability Report – on the condition that reference to an 89,000 population limit is removed.
