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Our natural environment is the unequivocal basis of human survival. It is the foundation for all economic and, more importantly, human development. However, poorly managed economic development that has resulted in widespread pollution, land erosion and deforestation endangers the future of our natural resources—and our very survival. Because the environment provides the raw materials vital to sustaining human development, we must ensure that, in turn, international development policies work to preserve our natural environment.
Goal 7 calls for upholding the principles of sustainable development and systematically integrating them into country policies and programmes. It also mandates reversing and replenishing the loss of environmental resources. This seeks to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and to achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020. Targets: - Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the losses of environmental resources.
- By 2015, reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water.
- By 2020, achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
Useful links The World Conservation Union
IUCN builds bridges between governments and NGOs, science and society, local action and global policy for environmental governance. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a global organisation acting locally to halt the accelerating destruction of our natural world. Greenpeace International
Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation which focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment. United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
UNEP provides leadership and encourages partnerships in caring for the environment by informing and enabling countries to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
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