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The Cornerstone of Development - Integrating Environmental, Social, and Economic Policies (Paperback)
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The Cornerstone of Development - Integrating Environmental, Social, and Economic Policies (Paperback)
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"Sustainable development" quickly became the universal goal for
environmentalists in the 1990s, motivated by the 1988 Brundtland
Report and the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. When the time came to
bring theory into reality, sustainable development revealed far
more complexity than first anticipated. To attain sustainable
development in the full sense of the phrase"meeting present needs
without compromising the resources needed for future
societies"environmental and social concerns would need a constant
presence in all major economic decisions. The Cornerstone of
Development: Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic
Imperatives profiles many of the first attempts to implement
sustainable development initiatives worldwide. The model: Canada's
experience with "multistakeholder" decision-making. Under the
guidance of Canada's National Task Force on Environment and
Economy, nationwide and provincial round tables brought government
officials together with corporate officers to formulate sustainable
development guidelines. Authorized by the Canadian government to
serve as an "Agenda 21 organization," the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) subsequently researched the feasibility of
adapting the multistakeholder approach to the needs and practices
of developing countries. The results are in these pages: valuable
case histories from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Canada, each
recounting the risks and benefits from integrating environmental,
social and economic policies. When IDRC members were asked for ways
to address environmental sustainability, they had few examples to
follow"and little evidence that such endeavors could be fulfilled.
The research and problem-solving effortsthey produced are now
collected here, for the guidance of other environment/development
balance programs worldwide.
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