...appropriately managed technology. Sustainable development is a process of change in which resource use, direction of investments, the orientation of technological...and institutional change are made consistent with future and present needs. It means focusing on the interrelationships among population growth, food...

...options, both for current and future generations. The basic tenet of sustainable development is that the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments,...technological development and institutional change, should meet present needs without denying the needs and options of future generations. Strategies for...

...population and the resource base, and living within the planet's ecological means. The Commission concluded: sustainable development is not a fixed state of harmony,...and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs. We do not pretend that the process is easy or straightforward. Painful...

...cause and effect of global environmental problems.42 The Commission's approach to development involves "a process of change in which the exploitation of...and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs."43 A singular position for aboriginal peoples is reserved in the Bruntland...

...functioning of ecosystems will have a negative effect on economic growth. Sustainable development entails a process of change in which the exploitation of resources,...technological development and institutional change are all in harmony with efforts to maintain the functioning of natural ecosystems, both to meet human needs...

...of energy, for example, further rapidly growing population can increase the pressure on resources; - sustainable development is not a fixed state of harmony...change in which the exploitation of resources, the divesting of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are...

...scientific experiment); 2. Sustainable development, defined not as a fixed state of harmony, but as a process of change in which the exploitation of resources,...technological development, and institutional change are constantly readjusted to reconcile present and future needs. Sustainable development is a process of...

...generations. —IUCN/UNEP/WWF: World Conservation Strategy (1981) In essence, sustainable development is a process of change in which the exploitation of resources,...orientation of technological development, and institutional changes are all in harmony. — WCED: Our Common Future (1987) Environment and Economics For society...

...Environment and Development (The Brundtland Report) (WCED 1987). Sustainable development is defined as ... a process of change in which the exploitation of resources,...and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs. (Chap. 2, p. 4.) The general nature of this definition does not indicate...

...generation "without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" and as "a process of change in which the exploitation of...and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs."26 The commission added that a standard of living that goes beyond...