(22) THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
From the United Nations Environment Program (environment for development), the
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (adopted and proclaimed at Stockholm - Sweden, June 1972).
In Portugal, the Environment Bases Law (Lei de Bases do Ambiente nº 11/87), April 7th 1987, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic, states as follows:
The environmental policy aims to optimize and guarantee the continuity of the natural resources' utilization, both in quality and quantity, as the basic presumption towards a self sustainable development. (Article 2. §2).
It looks like our governors have all forgotten about it!
[NOTE: Because of some html limitations, it is not possible to insert a direct link to the UNEP's Declaration web page. Here is the full document].
[Portuguese post on Jan 22nd, 2008]
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