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An analysis of sustainable development and environmental protection in postcommunist countries: The case of Croatia- a view point

The paper analyses the origins, the definitions, and the implementation of sustainable developments in the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, using Croatia as an example. The overview of events in environmental concern world-wide, in the last 25 years, shows that there is evidence of fast changes which have left the former communist countries behind. The major concern of the paper is the lack of an agreed upon definition and criteria on what sustainable devolopment actually represents, and why it is still an odd subject in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Five recognition criteria described in the open literature are compared with the situation in the region. Using an example of implementation of new UN Convention, accepted at the UNCED Conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the paper discusses the shortcomings and obstacles to current policies of sustainability.

Sustainable development; environmental protection; Croatia

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