Event End: May 30, 2013 12:00 PM
Event Location: Orfalea Center Seminar Room
Event Details:
Speaker:
PROF. OLE BRUNN, Institute for Society and Globalization Roskilde University, Denmark
Despite a declared policy of introducing 'Ecological Civilization' in China, the Chinese government has not been able to halt environmental degradation. Environmental monitoring remains arbitrary, civil society and public interest are weak, and certain Chinese values as seen for example in traditional medicine are still contradictory to reaching a real turning point in attitudes to nature and environment. With China's rapidly expanding economic influence, raw materials and organic materials in many parts of the world are extracted for the Chinese market. It is argued that the combination of authoritarian government, corruption, and sociocentric values present a rising challenge to environmental protection in developing countries, as well as globally.
Speaker
Ole Bruun is Associate Professor at The Institute of Society and Globalization, International Development Research Group, at Roskilde University in Denmark.