Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

10. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND 
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION, DEVELOPMENT:  THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN
However, ever fewer languages are used on intercontinental 
flights, mobile telephones and the Internet. If fast-food restaurants 
and supermarkets take over the market of corner shops and small 
cafés, is this a road to sustainability? Is the road of sustainable 
development secured if we all speak, although some difficulty, one 
language and eat the same food (with minor local differences)?
The metaphor of the ‘patchwork quilt’ is based on the idea that 
all countries around the Baltic Sea have been historically closely 
inter connected and their application of the local knowledge has 
ensured their centuries-long success. They are not afraid or shy to be 
distinctive and different. The preservation of local peculiarities and 
cultural diversity in a dynamic and unevenly changing world could 
be an important feature of sustainable development in the Baltic Sea 
Region.