Human Rights and Sustainable Development

Contents: Preface. 1. Human Rights Act 1998. 2. Human Trafficking. 3. Introduction to Sustainable Development. 4. Dashboard of Sustainability. 5. Strategic Sustainable Development. 6. Sustainability. 7. Maximum Sustainable Yield. 8. Education for Sustainable Development. 9. Sustainable Forest Management. 10. Development Studies. 11. Energy Development. 12. International Development. 13. Poverty and Sustainability. 14. Sustainable Agriculture. Index.

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”(jacket)