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The right to have clean water, pure air and wholesome food is as fundamental as the proclamations of The World Charter on Human Rights and The World Charter for Nature. Governments have an obligation to invest in the health and quality of life instead of giving subsidies to polluters. Environmental justice is a level of civilization that we will attain through respect for life and through public information.
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Mr Yvon Dubé is a forest engineer by training and Assistant Director General, Department of Recreation, Fish and Game, for the Province of Quebec, Canada. He is a member of the Canadian, UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme Committee. The paper was first presented as a plenary session address to the 1985 Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, at Chevy Chase, Maryland, Washington, DC, USA (27 September to 2 October, 1985). The paper has been translated from the original French.
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Dubé, Y. The right to a healthy environment. Environmentalist 6, 185–196 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240262
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240262