why is sustainable development an issue of concern? (3 marks)

With the rising population and consumption in todays world, sustainable development is becoming an important issue of concern. This is because a country enjoys only a limited amount of resources in its hands. Thus, with rising population, more resources are used and sometimes, over-exploited which may result in their extinction, soon. As a result of this, the cautious use of these resources becomes inevitable. Here, sustainable development plays an important role as it encourages the judicious use of natural resources to meet the current basis of human needs, while preserving the resources for the needs of future generation. It takes care that the future need for resources are not neglected on the cost of current use of resources. Thus, it becomes an important issue of concern for the world.