Background Document / Documento Base / Document de base

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) convened a meeting with a number of prominent writers and activists in Zurich earlier this year. Participants considered humanity’s progress towards sustainability and the global challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. The results of their conversation have been captured in a new thought provoking paper by Professor William Adams entitled The Future of Sustainability: Rethinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-First century

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	Moderating team, Moderators’ Note Origins of the Background Paper. Professor William Adams’ paper is an informal report of a meeting convened by the Council of The World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Switzerland in January 2006.                                                                                                               Full note
5	Carl-Henrik Wahren, Australia Carl-Henrik Wahren supports the opportunity to discuss the Future of Sustainability but critiques the language and style of Professor William Adams’ background document: “The Future of Sustainability: Rethinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-First Century” which he felt hindered wider debate about the subject..                                                                                                               Full comment
4	Klaus Bosselmann, Univesrity of Auckland, New Zealand Klaus Bosselmann refers to some important recent steps that IUCN has already taken in advancing sustainability in new ways that seem to be omitted from Professor William Adams report                                                                                                               Full comment
3	John Manoochehri John Manoochehri comments on Professor William Adams background document: The Future of Sustainability: Rethinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-First Century,                                                                                                               Full comment
2	Richard A. Cellarius, Ph.D. – International Vice President, Organizational Relations, Sierra Club Richard Cellarius strongest concern about Professor William Adams' report is the continued use of the term "sustainability" without any qualifiers.                                                                                                               Full comment
1	Jose Sanchez Narvaez – Coordinador de Ciencia y Tecnología, ITACAB Convenio Andrés Bello, Profesor invitado, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - Escuela de post Grado Lima Perú. En el documento base de William Adams se reconoce que ahora la población ya es conciente de la necesidad de relacionar el crecimiento económico con el desarrollo social y el medioambiente.                                                                                                               Full comment

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