WEBLIOGRAPHY
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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U.S. Government Sites
United States
Agency for International Development.
Global Development Alliance
The Global Development Alliance (GDA) approach responds to the
changed environment, and it extends USAID's reach and effectiveness in
meeting development objectives by combining its strengths with the
resources and capabilities of other prominent actors.
United
States Department of Agriculture. Sustainable Development
USDA is committed to working toward the economic, environmental,
and social sustainability of diverse food, fiber, agriculture, forest,
and range systems. USDA will balance goals of improved production and
profitability, stewardship of the natural resource base and ecological
systems, and enhancement of the vitality of rural communities.
United
States Department of Energy. Smart
Communities Network
Sustainable development provides a framework under which communities
can use resources efficiently, create efficient infrastructures, protect
and enhance quality of life, and create new businesses to strengthen
their economies.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
Center for Sustainability EPA Region III
The Center's mission is to link our environmental protection efforts
with larger economic and social goals.
United
States Department of State. Bureau
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is supported by effective domestic policies and
international partnerships. Self-governing
people prepared to participate in an open world marketplace are the very
foundation of sustainable development.
United
States Department of State. Office
of International Information Programs.
Sustainable Development Page
Other
Sites
Center on
Sustainable Growth. The George Washington University Law School
The Center on Sustainable Growth is taking the lead in developing
innovative approaches and solutions to these challenges and promoting
sustainable growth strategies.
Ford
Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions
worldwide. Its goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty
and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human
achievement.
Harvard
University Center for International Development
Serves as Harvard’s primary center for research on sustainable
international development, pushing
forward the science of explaining the sources of and remedies for
entrenched global poverty and the political and environmental
circumstances that surround it.
Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy
It's a global resource center for environment and agriculture policy.
Inter-American
Development Bank. Sustainable
Development Department
The Sustainable Development Department contributes to the
fulfillment of the IDB's goals by providing technical advisory support
to Bank project teams and quality review of projects.
International
Institute for Sustainable Development
It meets this challenge by advancing policy recommendations on international
trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement
and indicators, and natural resource management
to make development sustainable.
MacArthur
Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping
groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human
condition.
National
Councils for Sustainable Development
Since the Earth 1992 Summitt, more than 70 countries have established
some form of a multi-stakeholder participatory body, referred to here as
National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSDs), to promote and
implement sustainable development at the national level.
Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Sustainable Development
In 1998, OECD Ministers identified sustainable development as a key
priority, and agreed to interpret the term ‘sustainable' to include social,
environmental
and economic
considerations. They called
upon the OECD for wide-ranging efforts and asked the Organisation to
report to them in 2001.
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Sustainable Development Glossary
Sustainable
Development Communications Network
The Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN) is a group
of leading civil society organizations seeking to accelerate the
implementation of sustainable development through broader, integrated
information and communications about what we know.
United
Nations Division for Sustainable Development
Provides leadership and an authoritative source of expertise for
Governments, the United Nations system, other international
organisations and civil society with regard to the promotion of
sustainable development and the implementation of Agenda 21.
United Nations
Environment Programme. International
Environmental Governance
UNEP is developing means of enhancing civil society participation in its
programme of activities.
United
Nations. Food and
Agriculture Organization. Sustainable
Development Department
The Sustainable Development Department (SD) serves as a
global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical,
biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable
development.
United
Nations. International
Conference on Financing for Development. Monterrey, Mexico, March 2002
The Monterrey
Conference marked the first quadripartite exchange of views between
governments, civil society, the business community, and the
institutional stakeholders on global economic issues.
United
Nations. Johannesburg
Summit 2002
United
States Mission to the European Union. Dossier: Sustainable Development
The United States is committed to support sustainable development
working in partnership with civil
society and the private sector to mobilize development resources.
The
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Foundation's broad purpose is to promote the well-being of
mankind by supporting selected activities of a charitable nature, as
well as organizations or institutions engaged in such activities,
concentrating its resources on activities in conflict
resolution, education,
environment,
family
and community development, performing
arts, population, and U.S.-Latin American relations
World Bank
Development Forum
http://www.worldbank.org/devforum/index.html
The Development Forum is an electronic venue for
dialogue and knowledge-sharing among members of the development
community. Its focal point is an ongoing and expanding series of
electronic Development Dialogues on key issues and challenges
facing the development community and the world's poor.
World
Bank Institute. Sustainable
Development Program
The program's activities address the environmental, natural
resources management, governance, economic, and social factors that
influence sustainable and equitable economic growth, poverty reduction,
and protection of global ecosystems.
World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
A coalition of 160 international companies united by a shared commitment
to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth,
ecological balance and social progress.
World Economic
Forum
The World Economic Forum is an independent
international organization committed to improving the state of the
world. The Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world's
leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate
members in global citizenship.
World
Trade Organization. Committee on Trade and Environment
Its mandate is to identify the relationship between trade measures
and environmental measures in order to promote sustainable development.
Worldwatch Institute
Worldwatch is a non profit public policy research organization dedicated
to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems
and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its
environmental support systems.
April 2003
WEBLIOGRAFIA
SOBRE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
Sitios
del Gobierno Estadounidense Departamento
de Energía de los EE.UU. La
Red de Comunidades Inteligentes
El desarrollo sustentable provee un marco bajo el cual las comunidades
pueden ser capaces de usar sus recursos eficientemente, crear
infraestructuras eficientes, proteger y mejorar la calidad de vida, y
crear nuevos negocios que fortalezcan su economía.
Otros Sitios
Banco
Interamericano de Desarrollo. Departamento
de Desarrollo Sostenible
El Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDS) apoya los objetivos de la
Institución por medio del asesoramiento técnico a equipos de proyecto y
el análisis cualitativo de las operaciones.
Organización
de las Naciones Unidas. Conferencia
Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo
La Conferencia de Monterrey señaló el primer intercambio cuartripartito
de opiniones entre gobiernos, la sociedad civil, la comunidad empresarial
y las partes interesadas institucionales sobre cuestiones económicas
mundiales.
Organización
de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación.
Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible
El Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible (SD) constituye un centro mundial
de referencia en el que se pueden obtener conocimientos y asesoramiento
acerca de las dimensiones biofísicas, biológicas, socioeconómicas y
sociales del desarrollo sostenible.
Organización
Mundial del Comercio. Comité
de Comercio y Medio Ambiente (CCMA)
Su mandato es establecer la relación existente entre las medidas
comerciales y las medidas ambientales con el fin de promover un desarrollo
sostenible.
Red
de Comunicaciones sobre Desarrollo Sostenible
La Red de Comunicaciones sobre Desarrollo Sostenible(RCDS) es un grupo de
organizaciones de la sociedad civil cuyo objetivo es acelerar la
implementación del desarrollo sustentable a través de información y
comunicaciones más amplias e integrales.
Abril 2003
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