SustainabledevelopmentSustainabledevelopmentisdefinedasbalancingthefulfillmentofhumanneedswiththeprotectionofthenaturalenvironmentsothattheseneedscanbemetnotonlyinthepresent,butintheindefinitefuture
Thelinkagebetweenenvironmentanddevelopmentwasfirstmadein1980,whentheInternationalUnionfortheConservationofNaturepublishedtheWorldConservationStrategyandusedtheterm"sustainabledevelopment
"Theconceptcameintogeneralusagefollowingpublicationofthe1987reportoftheBrundtlandCommission—formally,theWorldCommissiononEnvironmentandDevelopment
SetupbytheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly,theBrundtlandCommissioncoinedwhatwastobecomethemostoften-quoteddefinitionofsustainabledevelopmentasdevelopmentthat"meetstheneedsofthepresentgenerationwithoutcompromisingtheabilityoffuturegenerationstomeettheirownneeds
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