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"One idea that is apparent when looking at a globe or a world map is that the emerged lands of our blue planet constitute a sort of world archipelago." 

 ~ Christian Depraetere and Arthur Dahl (in A  World of Islands, 2007, p. 59) 

“Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept of sustainable development does imply limits – not absolute limits but limitations imposed by the present state of technology and social organization on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities.” 

~UN General Assembly Brundtland Report (1987)

SEED CONSORTIUM: Sustainable Social, Economic, and Environmental Development

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