All peoples have a right to their economic, social, political and cultural development and a responsibility to adopt sustainable patterns of development. All human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and indivisible. Sustainable Development 1. The purpose of development is to meet the basic needs of humanity, improve the quality of life for all, and ensure a secure future. All humanity has the duty to integrate environmental conservation with development activity at all stages and levels so as to achieve sustainable development, keeping human resource use and related activity within the limits of the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems.
Sustainable development promotes the well-being of both people and ecosystems.
Protection of the environment is best achieved by preventing environmental harm rather than by attempting to remedy or compensate for such harm. Activities which are likely to cause potential or actual harm to the environment shall be preceded by a thorough environmental impact assessment. The development and implementation of appropriate demographic policies, ensuring that human population levels remain within the carrying capacity of the Earth, are necessary to improve the quality of life for all people and to protect the environment. The elimination of unsustainable patterns of production and consumption is essential and requires adoption of the following measures. Minimize the depletion of non-renewable resources.