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Sustainable Development Maintained by FAO-FI  
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Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Commission, 1987).
 
What is sustainable development?
 
Sustainable development is the management and conservation of the natural resource base and the orientation of technological and institutional change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs for present and future generations. Such sustainable development (in agriculture, forestry and fisheries) conserves land, water, plant and animal resources, is environmentally non-degrading, technically appropriate, economically viable and socially acceptable. (FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, 1995). In order to achieve sustainable development, a balance between environmental integrity, social development and economic development must be found. Fundamental to the concept of sustainable development is the recognition that the global environment that sustains all life on Earth is not an unlimited reservoir of resources to be exploited with abandon by humanity.
 
UN Programmes and Efforts for Sustainable Development
 
Agenda 21A major outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janiero, 1992, was entitled Agenda 21. This document calls for governments, civil society, the private sector, industry, scientists, educators, communities to embrace the principles of sustainable development and participate in their implementation. Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 handles the sustainable development of the oceans and coasts. Furthermore, the United Nations formed the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) to promote and coordinate sustainable development activities and programs throughout the UN system and among its member states.

UN-Oceans is the interagency coordination mechanism on oceans and coastal issues within the UN System, currently coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Important information on UN programs/documents on Ocean SD UN Commission on SD/Oceans Website Important information on UN programs/documents on Ocean SD 
UN Commission on Sustainable Development Website UN Commission on Sustainable Development UN Commission on Sustainable Development Website 
Information on UN Millennium Development Goals UN Millennium Development Goals Information on UN Millennium Development Goals 
A review of wave energy WAVE ENERGY A review of wave energy 
Internet Portal providing comprehensive information about the Baltic Sea Welcome to BalticSea.net - Your Gateway to the Baltic Sea Region ! Internet Portal providing comprehensive information about the Baltic Sea...  
The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development is a collection of maps and graphs more than 175 thematically organized indicators for over 200 countries World Bank eAtlas of Global Development The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development is a collection of maps and graphs ...  
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An inter-agency Report towards the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) A blueprint for ocean and coastal sustainability An inter-agency Report towards the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustaina...  
Volume I explores the main causes of coastal and ocean degradation and presents a new paradigm to sustainably utilise open access resources such as the global ocean. It looks at lessons learned over the past 20 years and sets forth a road map to restore and protect our ocean for the next 20 years. Catalysing Ocean Finance: Volume I: Transforming Markets to Restore a...lobal Ocean Volume I explores the main causes of coastal and ocean degradation and presents...  
Volume II includes methodologies and tools to create enabling environments to leverage environmental investment and describes how legal frameworks can deliver financial flows and transform entire markets. Catalysing Ocean Finance: Volume II: Methodologies and Case Studies Volume II includes methodologies and tools to create enabling environments to l...  
Report examining how climate change has evolved from an ‘environmental’ issue into one that requires collective expertise in sustainable development, energy security, and the health and well-being of children Climate change and children Report examining how climate change has evolved from an ‘environmental’ issue i...  
Special issue of the magazine <a href=http://pemsea.org/publications/tropical-coasts-magazine/tropical-coasts-magazine>Tropical Coasts</a> devoted to food security in the seas of East Asia. Coastal Resources: Productivity and Impacts on Food Security Special issue of the magazine <a href=http://pemsea.org/publications/tropical-c...  
This report selects the Lau Islands (Fiji) as a case study for how societies respond to ecological and socio-economic change, and identifies opportunities for adaptive sustainable ecosystem management. Declining reliance on marine resources in remote South Pacific societ...mic drivers This report selects the Lau Islands (Fiji) as a case study for how societies re...  
A review of status and trends in Russian European seas during the 1990s Ecosystems and Biological Resources of Russian European Seas at the T...1st Century A review of status and trends in Russian European seas during the 1990s...  
An ICES report on the environmental status of European seas and on issues of concern Environmental Status of European Seas An ICES report on the environmental status of European seas and on issues of co...  
Long term ecological research study of fish populations Fish Populations in a Tidal Estuary in the Marlborough Sounds, New Ze...971 to 2004 Long term ecological research study of fish populations 
The Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment and coastal environment – the blue world – can make the transition towards a Green Economy. Green economy in a blue world The Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are inte...  
Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populations and species, with largely unknown consequences. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populat...  
Presented at the "Science and Technology for a Transition Toward Sustainability" Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 17 February, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Implementing a sustainability science research system Presented at the "Science and Technology for a Transition Toward Sustainability...  
Being revised for the World Conservation Congress 2004 Marine Species: Victims of Complacency Being revised for the World Conservation Congress 2004 
Collapse of marine mammal populations in North Pacific Ocean Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: An ongoing...al whaling? Collapse of marine mammal populations in North Pacific Ocean 
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