Chapter 11– Centres on protection of forests through conservation, planting and
greening of places where people live.
Chapter 14– Centres on sustainable agriculture and rural development through
increasing food production in a sustainable manner.
Chapter 15– Centres on the conservation of biological diversity through encour-
aging traditional methods of agriculture, habitat protection, creation, restoration
and rehabilitation.
Chapter 17– Centres on the protection of marine resources through developing
land use practices that reduce run-off of soils and wastes into rivers and seas.
Chapter 18– Centres on the protection and management of fresh water supplies
by recognising that rapid urbanisation is putting severe strain on water resources
and environmental capabilities of cities, and by better management of water
resources.
Chapter 21– Centres an environmentally sound management of solid wastes
through changing consumption patterns, promoting healthy, sustainable human
settlements. user pays waste disposal, incentives for recycling and energy
recovery.
Chapter 28– Centres on the role of local authorities in making sustainable devel-
opment happen through having consulted their citizens and by 1996 developing
a Local Agenda 21 for the community.
Chapter 31– Concerns the role of scientists and technologists in achieving envi-
ronmental protection and human development. This group, including engineers,
architects, industrial designers, urban planners and other professionals, should
develop codes of practice and guidelines.268 Practice