Source: Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013, Terence
Hay-Edie and Bilgi Bulus, GEF Small Grants Programme, Dominique Bikaba, Strong
Roots, "The Youth Guide to Biodiversity"
1st Edition (Chapter 9) Youth and United Nations Global Alliance. Reproduced
with permission.
Chapter 10. Verbatim.
There are many ways to define sustainable development. Use the following definitions to inspire your own.
“Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems.”
The World Conservation Union (IUCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
United Nations in “Our Common Future, the Brundtland Report”
“Taking from the Earth only what it can provide indefinitely, thus leaving future generations no less than we have access to ourselves.”
Friends of the Earth Scotland
“Sustainable development involves the simultaneous pursuit of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity. Companies aiming for sustainability need to perform not against a single, financial bottom line but against the triple bottom line.”
World Business Council on Sustainable Development
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