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Agenda 21AGENDA 21 is a blueprint for making development socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.
The Convention on Climate Change aims to stabilize and reduce greenhouse gases so as to prevent dangerous human interference with the global climate system.
The Convention on Biological Diversity requires that countries adopt appropriate ways and means of conserving the Earth's biodiversity and of ensuring that its benefits are equitably shared.
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development is a statement of 27 principles defining the rights and responsibilities of nations as they pursue human development and well-being.
The Statement of Principles on Forestry advocates a
global consensus on the management, conservation and sustainable
development of all types of forests. From: Canadian Choices for
Transitions to Sustainability. Ottawa : Projet de
société. Final draft, May 1995. Chapter 1.
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