GEOG 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marine Resources Conservation, Low-Carbon Economy, Carbon Finance
22 Jun 2016
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Unit 7: sustainable development (weeks 10 & 11) One way of reducing human-induced change to natural systems is through formal international agreements: e. g. Un framework convention on climate change, the convention on biological. Diversity, un convention to combat desertification, and the un convention on the law of the sea. We have also discussed a number of other possible approaches to addressing gecs, from protected areas to eco-labeling to community-based (bottoms up management) Sustainable development refers generally to the development of economic and social well-being in a way that can be maintained into the future without degrading the environment or depleting natural resources. Idea became popular with the 1987 report of the brundtland commision on environment and. Development our common future : suggests that sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, stated that: Giving all people equal access to resources is possible.
