Concept of sustainable development

Defined by the United Nations at the Rio de Janeiro Convention 1992 as the need to achieve the right to development so as to achieve equally the developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
It can also be said that it is a sustainable development, stability and sustainability in terms of its use in natural resources, which is taken from environmental balance as an officer, aiming at raising the standard of living in all its aspects while regulating environmental resources and organizing them.

Characteristics of Sustainable Development

 

The most important characteristics are:
 
* Continuity, which requires the generation of high income can be reinvested part of it to enable the replacement, renovation and maintenance of resources.
* Regulate the use of renewable and renewable natural resources to ensure the benefit of future generations.
* Achieving environmental balance, which is the standard for sustainable development, namely, preserving the environment in a way that guarantees the safety of natural life and the production of renewable resources with the equitable use of non-renewable resources.

 

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