The Sustainable Development Timeline - 2012
Starting with the release of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, the IISD Sustainable Development Timeline highlights key meetings, environmental events, publications and other milestones that have paved the path toward sustainability.
This seventh edition was published in May 2012, as part of IISD's contributions to Rio+20.
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