in what document was the concept of suistinable development discussed for the first time
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Agenda 21
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- Sustainable development means Development should take place without damaging the environment. In other words, development should not compromise with the needs of future generations.
- For this, resource planning should be done
- The concept of sustainable development was first formulated in June 1992 at the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- This summit supported the Global forest principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.
- The objectives of Agenda 21 are to eliminate the following problems:
- Poverty
- Hunger
- Sickness
- Illiteracy
- Reduce the deterioration of the environment.
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