In the draft final document, Governments are also urged to implement the Social Summit action plan. Twenty per cent of the world's people continue to consume eighty per cent of its resources. Some large developing countries are moving rapidly toward higher-consumption lifestyles. Governments have agreed on the need to reflect environmental costs in the price of goods and services. Latest projections show many developing countries will stabilize population within the next generation or two.
Some countries still face high population growth rates that strain natural resources.
Many Governments have strengthened national policies, although international funding committed in Cairo has not materialized. Governments are expected to reaffirm support for the Cairo goals. Based on the Forest Principles adopted in Rio, an Intergovernmental Panel on Forests agreed to over 100 action proposals for sustainable forest management when it concluded two years of talks in March 1997. Governments have shown strong support for immediate implementation of the already agreed recommendations, but remain divided over whether to begin negotiations for a legal convention on forests. One fifth of humanity lacks access to safe water and half lack adequate sanitation.