Agenda 21, adopted by United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janerio in 1992, outlines strategies to halt reverse the effect of environmental degradation. In the context of increasing national and international efforts to promote sustainable and environmentally sound development, all countries agreed the following agenda.
Agenda 21 recommendations:
• Poverty alleviation
• Demographic dynamics and sustainability
• Sustainable use and management of land resources
• Protection and promotion of human health
• Promotion of sustainable human settlements
• Full integration of environmental and development issues in government decision making
• Protection of atmosphere
• Sustainable biological diversity
• Promoting hazardous and solid waste management
• Women participation in development
• Identification of financial resources and their mobilization mechanism
• Improving legal mechanism