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Timeline of sustainable development
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1960616263646566 6768697071
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in 1962.
Many consider the book’s release a turning point in
our understanding of the interconnections among
the environment, the economy and social wellbeing....
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1960616263646566 6768697071
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in 1962.
Many consider the book’s release a turning point in
our understanding of the interconnections among
the environment, the economy and social wellbeing.
Since then, many milestones have marked
the journey toward sustainable development.
This timeline captures some of them.
THE
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
TIMELINE
1969 | Friends of the Earth forms as an advocacy
organization dedicated to the prevention of environmental
degradation, the preservation of diversity and the role of
citizens in decision-making.
www.
foe.
org
| National Environmental Policy Act is passed in
the United States, making it one of the first countries to
establish a national legislative framework to protect the
environment.
The law sets the basis for environmental impact
assessment in the world.
| Partners in Development and IDRC (1970).
Report
of the Commission on International Development.
This is the
first of the international com
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