...The introductory part of the Johannesburg Declaration positions it in a historical policy continuum: Thirty years ago, in Stockholm, we agreed on the urgent...environmental deterioration. Ten years ago, at the UNCED, held in Rio de Janeiro, we agreed that the protection of the environment, and social and economic...

...about poverty eradication and human development. From Stockholm to Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg 8. Thirty years ago, in Stockholm, we agreed on the urgent need to respond to the problem of environmental deterioration.1 Ten years ago, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held...

...and Towns Campaign. Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. It provides a plan of action designed to address human impacts on the environment, noting,...

...of future generations to meet their own needs. 3. The Precautionary Principle, as articulated by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 and adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, states that where there are...

...monographic series, and selected monographs and pamphlets. Its timely publication, the year before the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, came during a period of high foreign interest in Amazonia, and it remains a valuable source...

...agreements, the most important global policy framework for conservation strategies was negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. One of the major outcomes in underlining the role of indigenous and local communities in in...

...(Science) and 36 (Promoting education, public awareness and training) of Agenda 21 produced by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. They proceed to show the educational role that UNESCO plays in implementing four multilateral...

...(UNDP) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) as one of the major outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. "The initiative was based on promoting and implementing integrated water resources management...

...ice, aerosols, the carbon cycle and atmospheric chemistry [9], [10]. Chapter 1 7 of Agenda 2 1 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, emphasized the new approaches required for marine and coastal area management. This calls...

...investment, the US was the largest single country investor in Australia in 2001-2002 ac7 In 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Australia was one of 178 governments which endorsed Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on...