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Subject: agenda 21
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jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:05pm
Agenda 21 is an action plan ofthe United Nations (UN) relatedto sustainable development andwas an outcome of the UnitedNations Conference onEnvironment and Development(UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, in 1992. * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:05pm
It is a comprehensive blueprint of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the UN, governments, and major groups in every area in which humans directly affect theenvironment. * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:08pm
The implementation of Agenda 21 was intended to involve action at international, national, regional and local levels. Some national and state governments have legislated or advised that local authorities take steps to implement the plan locally, as recommended in Chapter 28 of the document. * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:12pm
In a nutshell, the plan calls for governments to take control of all land use and not leave any of the decision making in the hands of private property owners. It is assumed that people are not good stewards of their land and the government will do a better job if they are in control. Individual rights in general are to give way to the needs of communities as determined by the governing body * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:13pm
Moreover, people should be rounded up off the land and packed into human settlements, or islands of human habitation, close to employment centers and transportation. Another program, called the Wildlands Project spells out how most of the land is to be set aside for non- humans. * +
ktruth 17.12.11 - 04:14pm
Read about this,next few years will be interesting. * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:15pm
U.N. Agenda 21 cites the affluence of Americans as being a major problem which needs to be corrected. It calls for lowering the standard of living for Americans so that the people in poorer countries will have more, a redistribution of wealth. * +
jlh1182 17.12.11 - 04:17pm
Agenda 21 policies date back to the 70's but it got its real start in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro when President Bush signed onto it. President Clinton signed it later and continued the program in the United States. * +
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