Summary
Progress report on the 1972 Conference on Human Environment
The issue of human environment became paramount in 1972 when the UN held its Conference on the Human Environment. However, little progress was achieved with regards to technical and scientific concerns while they were completely neglected politically resulting in global warming and other problems.See the full content of this document
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Rionewal: taking stock.
In a world in which life so perfectly responds to life, where flowers mingle with flowers in the wind's eye, where the swan is the familiar of all swans, man alone builds his isolation.
- Antoine de Saint Exupery "Wind, Sand and Stars" The environment became an international issue in 1972, with the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm. In the following years, only limited results were achieved in making the environment part of national development plans and decision-making. While some progress was made on scientific and technical issues, politically, the environment continued to be neglected with ozone depletion, global warming, forest degr...See the full content of this document
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