ISC Council Members
Ronald G. Dodson, ISC Chairman and President Audubon International. New York
Pierce Jones PhD, University of Florida
Jack Herbert, Cold Climate Housing Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Vic Gibeault PhD, University of California, Riverside
Eric Dodson, Audubon Lifestyles, Florida
Frank Rossi PhD, Cornell University, New York
Noble Hendrix, M.D., Hendrix & Crispin, Tavernier, Florida
Ali Harivandi PhD., University of California, Davis
Ken Shapiro, Triple Nickel Realty, Tampa, Florida
James T. Snow, United States Golf Association, Farhills, New Jersey
Larry Woolbright, PhD, Siena College, Loudonville, New York
William Crispin Esq, Tavernier, Florida
Carol Lewis PhD, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
Eddie Wang, AIA, GLC Company, Los Angeles,
California
Stephen B. Jones, PhD, Urbana University, Urbana,
Ohio
Fred Jandt, PhD, California State University, San
Bernardino
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Palm Desert Campus, California
Thomas Oates, PhD, Urbana University
Meg Nealon, RLA, AICP, LandDesign, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Origins of the Principles of Sustainability
The United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
172 governments participated, with 108 sending their heads of state or government. Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, with 17,000 people at the parallel NGO Forum, who had so-called Consultative Status.
An important achievement was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to "not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate".
The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of money supply measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural eco-regions and economic growth considered not to be sustainable.
The
Earth Summit resulted in the following documents:
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Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
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Agenda 21
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Convention on Biological Diversity
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Forest Principles
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Framework Convention on Climate Change
The
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a research
program that focuses on ecosystem changes over the
course of decades, and projecting those changes into the
future. It was launched in 2001 with support from the
United Nations by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was called for by
the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000.
Initiated in 2001, the objective of the MA was to assess
the consequences of ecosystem change for human
well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to
enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those
systems and their contribution to human well-being. The
MA has involved the work of more than 1,360 experts
worldwide. Their findings, contained in five technical
volumes and six synthesis reports, provide a
state-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition
and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services
they provide (such as clean water, food, forest
products, flood control, and natural resources) and the
options to restore, conserve or enhance the sustainable
use of ecosystems.
The International Sustainability Council (ISC) Principles for Sustainability were created in 2007 as a representative collection of these efforts.
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