sustainable growth, and sustainable use have been used interchangeably, as if their meanings were the same. They are not. Sustainable growth is a contradiction in terms: nothing physical can grow indefinitely. Sustainable use, is only applicable to renewable resources. Sustainable development is used in this strategy to mean: improving the quality of human life whilst living within the carrying capacity of the ecosystems. 8.   Holdgate (1993): Development is about realising resource potential, Sustainable development of renewable natural resources implies respecting limits to the development process, even though these limits are adjustable by technology. The sustainability of technology may be judged by whether it increases production, but retains it other environmental and other limits. 9.   Pearce (1993): Sustainable development is concerned with the development of a society where the costs of development are not transferred to future generations, or at least an attempt is made to compensate for such costs. Pause for thought.......List 3 historical events or actions where the costs have been transferred to future generations 10.   HMSO (1994): Most societies want to achieve economic development to secure higher standards of living, now and for future generations. They also seek to protect and enhance their environment, now and for their children. Sustainable development tries to reconcile these two objectives. Analysis of sustainability Riley (1992) pointed out that the level of analysis of sustainability is important and quoted the following table: Quality of the natural environment; human welfare & equity mechanisms; international agricultural research & development Control of pollution; terms of