'This is a strategy for a kind of development that provides real
improvements in the quality of human life and at the same time
conserves the vitality and diversity of the Earth. The goal is
development that will be sustainable. Today it may seem visionary.
but it is attainable. To more and more people it also appears our
only rational option.' - from Chapter 1 in 1980, the International
Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the United
Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature,
the world's three most powerful organizations dedicated to
preventing environmental catastrophe, published the World
Conservation Strategy.
It stressed the interdependence of conservation and development,
it gave currency to the idea of sustainable development and it made
the point that unless the vitality and productivity of the planet
are safeguarded, the future for humanity is at risk. Its impact was
immediate and worldwide.
Now, ten years later, the same three organizations have
formulated a new strategy for the 19905. Caring for the Earth
builds on all that has been learned in the last decade about the
complexity of the problems and shows how radical and far-reaching
are the actions and objectives needed to meet them. Nothing less
than a new ethic is required, based on affirming the community of
life and cherishing its diversity - an ethic which has to be
reflected in our personal attitudes and the organization of our
communities as much as in wider policies. Public participation is
essential for the success of the strategy, which is addressed to
individuals and citizens' groups as well as to governments -
whatever their systems. Adopting it will not be easy, but it does
provide the agenda for immediate action. Originally published in
1991
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