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development is impossible without resources.
The main role in building awareness about
environmental degradation and the depletion
of its resources have played in the report ―The
Limits to Growth‖ by D.L. Meadows and
―Man and His Environment‖ by U'Thant that
were published in the late 60s. These became
the foundation for international discussions.
In the early 1970s the first United Nations
(UNEP) Conference on the Human
Environment chaired by U'Thant than UN
Secretary-General took place in Stockholm. It
produced an action plan for the environment
based on:
1. The global environmental assessment
programme – Earth watch;
2. Environmental management activities;
3. International measured to support the
national and international actions of
assessment and management.
The Stockholm Conference resulted in
commissioning of the World Conservation
Strategy which can be seen as implementation
measure of the human environmental action
plan.
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