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Home > Sustainable Development - Updated: 08-09-2004 10:44 am
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The World Summit on Sustainable Development took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September.
UNESCO was involved in a number of parallel events, side-events and partnership initiatives associated with the World Summit.
The Organization has long been concerned with activities related to sustainable development, contribution to many of the streams of action generated by the UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio in 1992.
UNESCO's contribution to the World Summit built on its mandate in the fields of education, science, culture and communication, and on key documents and events such as the UNESCO Medium Term Strategy for 2002-2007, a resolution of the UNESCO General Conference on the Johannesburg Summit, the UN Millennium Declaration, the World Conference on Higher Education, the Dakar 'Education for All' Forum, the World Conference on Science in Budapest, the World Conference on Culture and Development in Stockholm. more
Photo:© Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Earth from above/UNESCO
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| No sustainable development without education - (UNESCOPRESS)
02-09-2002 10:00 pm Johannesburg – A new vision of education for sustainable development was outlined yesterday by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, President Gustavo Noboa of Ecuador, President Natsagiin Bagabandi of Mongolia and Education Minister Kader Asmal of South Africa, at a major symposium during the World Summit on Sustainable Development. More |
| Water is not just a commodity, but a common public good, says UNESCO - (UNESCOPRESS)
29-08-2002 10:00 pm Johannesburg/Paris, August 30 - Preliminary results of the most extensive United Nations undertaking to assess the world’s freshwater resources will be presented on September 3 at the Water Dome (2p.m. to 4.30p.m., rooms 3 and 4) during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. More |
| Libraries and Sustainable Development - (UNESCO/CI)
28-08-2002 10:00 pm As negotiations on the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg continue, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) asserts that library and information services promote sustainable development by ensuring freedom of access to information. More |
| Education for Sustainable Development - (UNESCOPRESS)
26-08-2002 10:00 pm Paris/Johannesburg, August 27 - For sustainable development to become a reality, people everywhere must learn to think and act differently. More |
| What's the use of Ocean Science? - (UNESCOPRESS)
22-08-2002 10:00 pm Although they hit the headlines, flood, drought and famine are often the results of natural, regular and probably predictable cycles lasting a decade or so. They are infrequent, but not unusual – as are the years of plenty that do not make the front page. More |
| United Nations Atlas of the Oceans@ - (UNESCO)
04-06-2002 10:00 pm As part of activities marking World Environment Day on 5 June 2002, a ceremony at UNESCO House in Paris served to officially launch the UN Atlas of Oceans - an Internet portal containing a wealth of information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans. More |
Projects
| Conexiones@ |
| Conexiones is a computer educational research project in Colombia developed by the EAFIT University and the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Medellin. >> More
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| Women in the Media@ |
| UNESCO provides training and technical support for radio programme production to women running community radio stations; radio being a powerful tool for giving voice to women in developing countries and fostering participatory democracies. >> More
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| World Water Assessment@ |
| UN-wide assessment of freshwater resources is underway, which will culminate in the publication of the first World Water Development Report in early 2003. >> More
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| Youth, Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles@ |
| In a joint project , UNESCO and UNEP seek to gain better understanding of young people’s consumption patterns and to work with them in promoting more sustainable consumption patterns for the future. >> More
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Articles
| What is sustainable development ? - by UNESCO
01/06/2002 -The term 'sustainable development' was popularised by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in its 1987 report entitled Our Common Future.More |
| Sustainable Human Development - by UNESCO
01/06/2002 -Since the Earth Summit, sustainable development has been a key theme as a series of United Nations conferences discussing pathways to development.More |
| Thinking about the Future - by UNESCO
01/06/2002 -No one knows what the future will be, except that it will be very different from what life is today and that decisions about whether the future is a sustainable one or not will depend upon changes in human culture.More |
| Thinking about Forever - by UNESCO
01/06/2002 -Underlying all our images of a sustainable future is the key principle that sustainability is about 'thinking about forever'.More |
| A Dynamic Balance - by UNESCO
01/06/2002 -The dynamic balance between cultural differences and this emerging global ethic is a key concept in educating for a sustainable future.More |
Events
Websites
| A short history of UNESCO's culture and development agenda From early work on intercultural dialogue as a key strategy for peace building to the 2001 Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and its emphasis on culture as a full-fledged resource for development. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) - UNESCO Launched in 1953, ASPnet promotes the ideals of UNESCO through a worldwide network which includes over 6,700 educational institutions ranging from pre-school education to teacher training in 166 countries. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Biodiversity Observations on the Internet (BIO) Fledgling global platform of biodiversity observations on the Internet, launched at an international workshop held in Bonn in December 2000. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Biosphere Reserves and More Responsible Tourism Testing improved approaches to tourism development is a key activity at many of the sites in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (currently, 408 sites in 94 counties) within the MAB Programme. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Biosphere Reserves: Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development The World Network of Biosphere Reserves (currently, 408 sites in 94 countries) embodies a practical approach to one of the most important questions the world faces today: How can we reconcile conservation of biodiversity and biological resources with their sustainable use? >> More info >> Go to website
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| BRIM (Biosphere Reserve Integrated Monitoring) MABFlora and MABFauna databases are among the products of BRIM, which provides a framework for abiotic, biodiversity, socio-economic and integrated monitoring in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) CSI serves as a platform for environmentally sound, socially equitable, culturally respectful and economically viable development in coastal regions and small islands. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) Promotes community empowerment and addresses the digital divide by combining community broadcasting with Internet and related technologies. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Conservation International (CI) Washington D.C. based non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of natural ecosystems and the species they contain. For several years, UNESCO and CI have been co-operating in promoting the biosphere reserve concept. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) The aims of the CBD are ‘the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources’. >> More info >> Go to website
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| CSI Web-based Forum on Wise Coastal Practices Tourism is one of the topics addressed in a web-based forum operated by the platform on Environment and Development in Coastal Regions and in Small Islands (CSI). >> More info >> Go to website
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| Cultural Tourism Helping countries and communities to devise strategies for the long-term preservation of the cultural heritage >> More info >> Go to website
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| Culture, Women and Gender Equality Web-site within UNESCO’s Culture Sector provides entries to reference sources. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Diversitas Collaborative research programme set up in 1991 to promote and catalyse knowledge about biodiversity, including its origins, composition, ecosystem functioning, maintenance and conservation. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Earth Sciences and International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Ongoing work includes collaborative studies on such topics as landslide hazard assessment and cultural heritage. >> More info >> Go to website
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| Ecohydrology Biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems and contiguous land areas forms part of the research agenda of work on ecohydrology within the International Hydrological Programme (IHP). >> More info >> Go to website
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| Educating for Sustainable Development (ESD) transdisciplinary project - UNESCO Set-up in 1994 on an experimental intersectoral basis, as the principal mechanism within UNESCO to follow up the recommendations concerning education made by the major UN conferences of the 1990s and related international conventions. >> More info >> Go to website
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