ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to introduce some neglected aspects of the interests of developing countries about a world ecological policy. Interest in the field of ecology, which is centered in the developed countries, has increased due to the sudden discovery of a possible imbalance between man and earth. Resulting from the population explosion and the misuse of existing and newly developed technologies, the potential imbalance could bring about an environmental crisis menacing the future of mankind. The continuing progress of developed countries would require an economic lebensraum in the Southern Hemisphere. The step toward the refinement of that policy may be the rejection of the principle that the ecology issue, can be dealt with exclusively through a technical approach, as suggested by the developed countries. For the developing countries it is crucial to consider, in the light of their own interests, nationally defined, the whole range of alternative solutions devised or implemented in the developed countries.
