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10 McGill Int'l J. Sust. Dev. L. & Pol'y 147 (2014)
The Role of Substantive Equality in Finding Sustainable Development Pathways in South Africa

handle is hein.journals/mcgijosd10 and id is 168 raw text is: The Role of Substantive Equality in Finding Sustainable Development Pathways in South Africa Laura Pereira* This article explores how substantive equal- ity, as it has been applied to the realization of socio-economic rights in South Africa, can be employed to shift the sustainable development paradigm from environmentalism to poverty eradication. Making this shift requires alter- native pathways that counter the dominant sustainable development discourse. This article discusses how to open up such alternatives by applying the legal rhetoric ofsubstantive equality to issues ofsustainable development as presented in cases of socio-economic rights dependent on Cet article explore la fafon dont l'e'galite substantive, telle qu'appliquie lors de la prise de conscience des droits socioiconomiques en Afrique du Sud, peut trre employle afin que le paradigme du ddveloppement durable se transforme de l'environnementalisme d l'e'radication de la pauvrete. Ce deplacement requiert des mithodes alternatives allant d l'encontre du discours dominant en matire de ddveloppement durable. Cet article aborde la maniere dont ces alternatives peuvent etre facilities, notamment par l'application d'une rhitorique ligale de l'e'galite substantive d des enjeux relatifi au ddveloppement durable tel que prisenti dans les cas oh les droits ecosystem goods and services, referred to here as socio-ecological rights Under the conditions of natural resource scarcity that are projected in the medium- to long-term, it is important to understand the principles governing our resource allocating institutions. Substantive equality pro- vides a useful context in which to start incor- porating global environmental discourse on dis- tributive justice into domestic legal frameworks that recognize sustainable development as both environmental stewardship and social justice. socioiconomiques dtaient defrndants des biens et des services de l'ecosysteme, ci-aprs refrs comme des < droits socio-icologiques >. Sous riserve de l'extinction des ressources naturelles qui est pridite dans le moyen d long terme, il est important de comprendre les principes gouvernant nos institutions rattachies d l'allocation des ressources. L'e'galiti substantive prisente un contexte utile dans lequel commencer l'incorporation du discours global environnemental sur la justice distributive dans les structures ligales domestiques qui reconnaissent le ddveloppement durable d lafois comme un regulateur de l'environnement et une justice sociale. University of Cape Town, School of Environmental and Geographical Science. Laura completed her BSc (Hons) at Wits University in South Africa before moving to Oxford to do an MSc (on coca in Colombia) and DPhil (on private sector adaptation to climate change). She then became a fellow in the sustainability science program at Harvard's Kennedy School before starting a post-doc at UCT, where she works on orphan crop innovation for transformation in the food system. In particular, she looks at the interface between traditional knowledge systems and more formal systems of innovation with regards to food, nutrition, and agriculture.

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