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2 World Heritage Sites and Biodiversity Hotspots Interactive Map of World Heritage sites (UNESCO): http://nene.unep- wcmc.org/imaps/W_Heritage/viewer.htm Biodiversity Hotspots Map (Conservation International): http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/hotspots/Docu ments/cihotspotmap.pdf

3 Comparing Poverty? www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33395012/ns/us_news-life www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Unemployed+Banker... AFP Photo.

4 Hunger as a proxy for poverty http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/food-security-statistics/fao-hunger-map/en/

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7 Timeline of Development and Environmental Programs 1972 – Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm) 1980 – World Conservation Strategy (IUCN) 1987 – Brundtland Commission and Our Common Future 1992 – UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio or “Earth Summit”) 2000 – Millennium Summit 2002 – World Summit on Sustainable Development

8 Sustainable Development “development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”


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