Environment Conventions

Environment Conventions

CONVENTIONS

ECO CLUBS

ENVIRO DATES

ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

ENVIRONMENTAL TERMINOLOGY

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AUDITS

SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM CONTACT DETAILS

STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

TOURISM REFERENCE GUIDE

TRANSFRONTIER CONSERVATION AREAS

USING THE INTERNET

WASTE MANAGEMENT

WASTE MANAGEMENT JOB CREATION

WEB PAGES INTERNATIONAL

WEB PAGES SOUTH AFRICAN

WEB PAGES SA TOURISM

WORLD HERITAGE SITES

WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS



YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

Why is the environment important to us?

The term "environment" is used to refer to everything that is around us: land, water, atmosphere, places of special importance, plant and animal life. The environment therefore has a tremendous influence on human life and the well-being of social communities.

The environment affects us all. We all need a healthy environment to live healthy lives: clean air and water, safe living areas, sufficient and healthy foods. When the environment becomes degraded, it affects us all in the long run, but poor people are the first to suffer.

We all strive for an improved quality of life now and in the future. We all want our children to have better opportunities and to live healthy and happy lives. For that we need economic development, social justice and a healthy, sustainable environment.

In practice this means that

our daily living and working environments must be improved,
all people must have equal access to land and natural resources,
we must use social, cultural and natural resources in a sustainable manner, and
we must promote public participation in decisions about how the environment is used.

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