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Sustainable Development Issues (Environment)
Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue
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Annex to Processing Documents on Sustainable Development Issues described in associated documents, which are all part of a separate report (Configuring Globally and Contending Locally: shaping the global network of local bargains by decoding and mapping Earth Summit inter-sectoral issues, 1992, 5 mb PDF). For other tables on strategies see: confidence ploys; value-based; typology for sustainable development; Chinese strategems
The following is the environment cluster of the set of 450 issues derived from international declarations: Brundtland Report (Our Common Future), Agenda 21, and in sectoral declarations (see declaration checklist annex). The collection of the complete set of issues together is available in PDF form (Declaration Issues: Sorted by Code Combination) and highlights certain patterns.
The set of 6 clusters is:
[P=Population | W=Well-being | L=Learning | T=Trade | E=Environment (below)| R=Regulation ]
Columns in the table, as for other clusters, are coded in relation to Figure 1a. The purpose of this coding was to explore configuration of the implicit strategic dilemmas as a global structure (see commentary) and presented as Figures 3a and 3b. The coding procedure is described elsewhere.
| # | P | W | L | T | E | R | Issue name | Document | |
| 1 | E | ENVIRONMENT: | |||||||
| 3 | P | L | E | Carrying capacity of earth / sustainability thresholds | Doc27 | ||||
| 5 | W | L | T | E | R | Conserve life-support systems, vitality and diversity | Doc27 | ||
| 3 | L | E | R | Access to satisfactory data on land classification and land use | A21/11 | ||||
| 5 | P | W | T | E | R | Enhancing/overexploitation of non-renewable resources | BR | ||
| 3 | T | E | R | Landscape conservation | Doc36 | ||||
| 5 | P | W | T | E | R | Ecosystem degradation and stress | BR | ||
| 3 | T | E | R | Desertification / Drought | A21/12 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Waterlogging / salinization | Doc18 | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Mountain/hill-area development | A21/13 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Watershed destruction / development | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Diversification of mountain economies | A21/13 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Marginal land use | A21/10 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Land degradation/Soil erosion | BR | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Overstocking / Over-grazing | Doc19 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Over-intensive / irrigated / monoculture agriculture | Doc19 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Deforestation | A21/11 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Over-cutting | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Depletion of fuel-wood | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Forest rehabilitation, afforestation, reforestation | A21/11 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | Alternatives to shifting cultivation | A21/11 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Promote means that gain full economic values of forests | A21/11 | ||||
| 3 | L | T | E | Conservation of tropical and old growth forests | Doc9 | ||||
| 3 | L | T | E | Sustainable harvesting methods for forest | A21/11 | ||||
| 5 | P | W | T | E | R | Water resource shortages/degradation | A21/18 | ||
| 3 | L | T | E | Reuse of waste water | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | P | L | E | Proposal: UN World Water Day | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | Groundwater protection | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Water pollution surveillance and control | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Efficient and equitable allocation | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Water resources conservation and quality protection and | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Local capacity-building and public participation | A21/18 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Marine ecosystems | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | L | E | R | Global system of coastal and marine protected areas | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Overfishing / Whaling | BR | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Ban tangle net and drift net fishing | Doc9 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Liaison on seabed mining | Doc19 | ||||
| 3 | P | E | R | Degradation from land-based activities | A21/17 | ||||
| 3 | P | T | R | Guaranteed sustainable yields | A21/17 | ||||
| 3 | P | T | R | Exclusive economic zones | A21/17 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Fragile ecosystems | A21/12 & 13 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Wetlands, mangroves, corals | Doc18 | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Coastal zones/estuaries | Doc4 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Environmental consequences of armed conflict | BR | ||||
| 3 | L | T | E | Environmental damage from tourism | Doc30 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Destruction of natural barriers | |||||
| 3 | L | E | R | Preservation of bioregional diversity | Doc3 | ||||
| 5 | P | W | T | E | R | Biodiversity / Genetic erosion | BR | ||
| 5 | P | W | L | E | R | Conservation of genetic resources | Doc3 | ||
| 3 | L | T | E | Vavilov centres of plant genetic diversity | Doc3 | ||||
| 3 | L | E | R | International and regional cooperation and coordination | A21/15 | ||||
| 3 | L | E | R | Global sufficiency of protected areas / reserves | Doc13 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Species extinction | BR | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Unnatural restriction of animal ranges | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Destruction of wildlife habitats | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Endangered species protection | Doc13 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Environmental pollution (waste) management | BR | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Protecting the atmosphere | A21/9 | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Urban-industrial air pollution / acid rain | BR | ||||
| 5 | P | W | T | E | R | Greenhouse gases / climate change / global warming | BR | ||
| 3 | L | T | E | Reverse dependence on fossil fuels | Doc30 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Depletion of stratospheric ozone | BR | ||||
| 3 | L | E | R | Phase out organo-halogens | Doc30 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Create global climate observing system | Doc22 | ||||
| 3 | L | T | R | Leapfrog developing countries to benign technology | Doc22 | ||||
| 5 | W | L | T | E | R | Minimize the generation of wastes | A21/5 | ||
| 3 | T | E | R | Hazardous/toxic chemicals/wastes | A21/19-20 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Illicit traffic in toxic and hazardous products | Doc19 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | Assessment of chemical risks | A21/19 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Radioactive wastes | A21/22 | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Sewage | A21/21 | ||||
| 3 | P | T | E | Minimize waste / mazimize reuse and recyling | A21/21 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Extending waste service coverage | A21/21 | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Solid wastes and landfill | A21/21 | ||||
| 3 | L | T | E | Environmentally sound waste disposal and treatment | A21/21 | ||||
| 3 | T | E | R | Chemical pollution of soil, water, etc | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | T | E | Marine pollution (and subsea waste disposal) | BR | ||||
| 3 | L | T | E | Pollution of orbital space and Antarctica | BR | ||||
| 5 | P | W | L | E | R | Sustainable human settlements | A21/6 | ||
| 3 | P | L | E | Recognise reciprocity between settlement and hinterland | Doc25 | ||||
| 3 | P | T | E | Reduce consumption of materials and energy | Doc25 | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Uncontrolled physical expansion of cities | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Illegal settlements | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Urban decay (sanitation, water supplies, shelter) | BR | ||||
| 3 | W | E | R | Sustainable urban transport policy | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Foot and bicycle versus automobile | Doc25 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | Ecological city [re]building programmes | Doc25 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | "Green, clean and efficient" | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | "Barefoot architects/builders" | Doc24 | ||||
| 3 | W | L | E | Move information not people | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Small urban improvement works by NGOs | Doc36 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Waste production, recycling and disposal | Doc27 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Urban air pollution | A21/6 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | R | Urban noise pollution | A21/6 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Indoor air pollution | A21/6 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | Managing settlements in disaster-prone areas | A21/7 | ||||
| 3 | P | W | E | "Healthy Cities" movement | Doc27 |
