Publisher's Synopsis
At the "Earth Summit" held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 the UK Prime Minister and over 150 other heads of state or government committed their countries to working towards national strategies for the protection of our local, national and global environment. The four UK official strategies were published simultaneously: "Sustainable development", "Biodiversity", "Climate Change" and "Sustainable Forestry". They should be of interest to everyone concerned with or involved in the future of our environment throughout the world.;Sustainable development aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It tries to reconcile these two objectives, and does not necessarily mean having less economic development. The UK strategy looks ahead to the year 2014 at current trends and emerging problems, and it examines new arrangements and processes for carrying forward sustainable development in the different sectors of society in the future.
