ICC discussion paper on sustainable agriculture contributions by the private sector (2008)
Integrating biodiversity conservation into agricultural production Replicating and scaling up winning solutions
Publication date : 04/05/2008 | Document Number : 213-15/2
Agriculture is the basis for feeding the world and many of the solutions that ensure that it is done so sustainably are already known. Representatives of agricultural businesses to the International Chamber of Commerce’s Task Force on the Convention on Biological Diversity offer their views on how to meeting the challenge.
The Quest for Sustainable Development
The 1987 Brundtland Commission captured the complex concept of sustainable development in simple and compelling terms: “development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Five years later, the international community expanded the notion of sustainable development at the Rio Earth Summit, agreeing that environmental protection must be “an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.” As with other areas of development, agriculture must meet these definitions of sustainability.
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