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The Ethics of ASEAN

Figure 3: Map showing food we eat, the fibres of our clothes and so on. Biodiversity
ASEAN Heritage Parks ethics is about the provisioning, regulating, cultural, and
(source: ASEAN Centre for
Biodiversity) supporting services that contribute to the well-being of human
communities.
Dr Baleva indicates how biodiversity is crucial to the
attainment of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: 2 (Zero
Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), 6 (Clean Water
and Sanitation), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth),
11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), 12 (Responsible
Consumption and Production), 13 (Climate Action), 14 (Life
Below Water), 15 (Life on Land), and 17 (Partnerships for Goals).
In terms of ethics, Dr Baleva describes a science-based
policy using value indicators, worldviews and knowledge
systems that value nature beyond quantitative measurement.
Dr Baleva also points out that economists are also revaluing
nature and refers us to the work of Oxford economist Sir Partha
Dasgupta who has published a new economic model of natural
productivity setting an economic value on what nature supplies
to humanity as goods and services we all rely on.

Ian Benedict Mia: Southeast Asia has lost 95%
of its original habitat and ecosystems are in
steep decline
Ian Benedict Mia, a Master’s Student in Sustainability
Figure 4: Ian Benedict Mia, Management at Universitas Gadjah Mada, notes that 600
Master degree Student in
Sustainability Management million people directly depend on biodiversity for food, health
at Universitas Gadjah Mada

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