Strategies for National Sustainable Development: A handbook for their planning and implementation [Paperback]

The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series

This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21, the action programme of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The series will include handbooks on national strategies for sustainable development, local strategies, assessing progress towards sustainability, biodiversity action plans, .involving indigenous peoples, and on integrating population and resource use planning; and regular companion volumes of case studies addressing the key issues of concern to strategy implementation. Many international agreements and action plans now call for countries to undertake national strategies. These strategies seek to involve communities in united approaches to sustainable development. Some are sectoral, such as tropical forest strategies, others are thematic, covering topics such as biodiversity, education or climate change. Still others, such as national conservation strategies and national environment action plans, are evolving to become more comprehensive processes, drawing together economic, social and environmental development actions. This handbook is for people involved in strategies. It draws on experiences in different regions of the world to present options and examples of the role of strategies in sustainable development. Originally published in 1995

Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5OverviewPart 1Part2The Strategy CycleChapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Getting StartedPlanning the StrategyImplementing the StrategyKeeping Strategies on TrackPart 3Chapter 10ReferencesResources to Drive the StrategyFinancing Strategies and the Role of~xten~al AgenciesGlossaryIndexTen Lessons and Features of National Strategies for SustainabilityThe Twin Pillars of Sustainable DevelopmentSigns of UnsustainabilityAgenda 21 and Caring for the EarthSome Benefits of StrategieslóZ