In the first landmark Declaration issued by ministers of the environment in a decade, governments have welcomed the decision to organised a UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (UNCSD).
The General Assembly agreed on four thematic areas on whcih to focus the Earth Summit on. These thematic areas will replace the cluster cycles of the 20th CSD cycle which has been suspended and...
“”One of the fundamental prerequisites for the achievement of sustainable development is broad public participation in decision-making” Agenda 21 Chapter 23 Rio ’92 recognised the need to engage a diverse range of stakeholders from...