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  2. Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human ...

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    For example, Principle 21 from the Declaration was modified and adopted into a customary international environmental law in the Rio Declaration (initially known as the Earth Charter). The aim of the Rio Declaration , which was a step forward from the Stockholm Declaration, was to create, clarify, and rearticulate principles that states can ...

  3. Ecosystem management - Wikipedia

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    Globally, human-induced environmental degradation is an increasing problem, which is why landscape-level approaches play an important role in ecosystem management. [53] Traditional conservation methods targeted at individual species may need to be modified to include the maintenance of habitats through the consideration of both human and ...

  4. Sustainability and environmental management - Wikipedia

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    Scientists have warned of the possibility, under the influence of climate change, of a sudden alteration in circulation patterns of ocean currents that could drastically alter the climate in some regions of the globe. [7] Major human environmental impacts occur in the more habitable regions of the ocean fringes – the estuaries, coastline and ...

  5. Human ecology - Wikipedia

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    Human ecology may be defined: (1) from a bio-ecological standpoint as the study of man as the ecological dominant in plant and animal communities and systems; (2) from a bio-ecological standpoint as simply another animal affecting and being affected by his physical environment; and (3) as a human being, somehow different from animal life in ...

  6. Coupled human–environment system - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "coupled humanenvironment systems" appears in the earlier literature (dating back to 1999) noting that social and natural systems are inseparable. [7] [8] "In 2007 a formal standing program in Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems was created by the U.S. National Science Foundation."

  7. Earth Charter - Wikipedia

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    Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach. Adopt patterns of production, consumption and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights and community well-being.

  8. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development is the foundational concept of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [7] These global goals for the year 2030 were adopted in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). They address the global challenges, including for example poverty, climate change, biodiversity loss, and peace.

  9. Balance of nature - Wikipedia

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    The balance of nature, also known as ecological balance, is a theory that proposes that ecological systems are usually in a stable equilibrium or homeostasis, which is to say that a small change (the size of a particular population, for example) will be corrected by some negative feedback that will bring the parameter back to its original "point of balance" with the rest of the system.