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Sustainable Development SD Timeline

Sustainable Development SD Timeline. Page 1. Content. I. 1962 Silent Spring , II. 1967 Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) III. 1968 Biosphere . IV. 1968 The Population Bomb V. 1969 Friends of the Earth VII. 1969 Partners in Development and IDRC (1970). 1962 Silent Spring.

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Sustainable Development SD Timeline

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  1. SustainableDevelopmentSD Timeline Page 1

  2. Content I. 1962 Silent Spring, II. 1967 Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) III. 1968 Biosphere. IV. 1968 The Population Bomb V. 1969 Friends of the Earth VII. 1969 Partners in Development and IDRC (1970)

  3. 1962 SilentSpring • A bookwrittenby Rachel Carson • Documented detrimental effects of pesticides • Launchedthe contemporary American environment movement

  4. Founded 1967 • Headquarters New York, NY • Area served United States, Latin America, Caribbean, Asia, international • Focus Environmentalism • Method Science, economic incentives, partnerships, nonpartisan policy • Revenue $98.1 million USD (2011)[1] • EmployeesApprox. 340[2] • Members Over 700,000[3] • Motto "Finding the ways that work"

  5. 1968 Biosphere • Conservationof biologicalresourceswiththeirsustainable use. • Conservationof importantbiologicalresources • Developmentof environmentallysoundeconomicgrowth • Supportforresearch, monitoring, education, and informationexchangerelatedtoconservationissues

  6. 1968 Paul EhrlichpublishesThePopulationBomb • Populationissues and theirrelationtotheenvironment • thestate of theenvironment and the food security situation • Themassstarvation of humans in the 1970s and 1980s duetooverpopulation • Majorsocietalupheavals, and advocatedimmediateactiontolimitpopulationgrowth • Fears of a "populationexplosion" werewidespread in the 1950s and 60s

  7. International network of environmental organizations in 74 countries • Friends of theEarthconsidersenvironmentalissues in their social, political and human rightscontexts. • Theircampaignsstretchbeyondthetraditional arena of theconservationmovementand seek to addresstheeconomic and development aspects of sustainability

  8. Cont’d • Individual activists up to the national pressure group which campaigns for environmentally progressive and sustainable policies. • Actindependently of partypolitical, religiousorotherinfluences; be open, democratic and non-discriminatory in their internalstructures • Thecurrentcampaignpriorities of Friends of theEarthinternationally are: Economicjusticeand resisting,neoliberalismforestsand biodiversity, foodsovereignty climate justice and energy

  9. 1969 Partners in Development and IDRC (1970) • TheInternational DevelopmentResearch Centre (IDRC) wascreated in 1970 • Thequestforsustainablesolutionstothe social and economicproblems of poorcountries • Assistthedevelopingregionstobuild up theresearchcapabilities, theinnovationskills and theinstitutionsrequiredtosolvetheirproblems

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