]> http://www.paxromana.org/taxonomy/term/16/0 Articles about member federations in Latin America en http://www.paxromana.org/lima_declaration_2002 <h4>Chaclacayo, Lima, Peru, July 6 to 9, 2002</h4> <h4>International Seminar on <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term56"><acronym title="Sustainable Development: Ultimately, all economic development depends on the earth&#039;s natural resource base. It is the primary biological production generated by photosynthesis that sustains the human race and virtually every other life form. Maintaining this biological productivity is therefore the key to sustainability. It is also crucial that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. That is why sustainable development implies limits. To be &#039;sustainable&#039;, development must meet human needs without depleting resources or irrevocably damaging the systems which produce those resources. Under present conditions, organic matter equivalent to 40%% of the primary production of the earth&#039;s ecosystems is being consumed by humans. If the world population doubles humans will devour as much biological material as is produced each year. At this level of exploitation the quality of the environment and, consequently, of human life will quickly decline. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as a &#039;process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations&#039;. ">Sustainable Development</acronym></a>, on the Road to Rio+ 10</h4> <p>We, fourty eight members of the lnternational Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (<a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term33"><acronym title="ICMICA: International Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affaris">ICMICA</acronym></a>-Pax Romana), coming from nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and from other continents of the world, meeting in Chaclacayo, Lima, Peru, from July 6 to 9, 2002, for the International Seminar On Sustainable Development, On The Road To Rio + 10<em>, </em>want to contribute to the process of the World Summit for Sustainable Development with the reflections that follow. </p> English Latin America Statements Sustainable Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:47:26 -0700 http://www.paxromana.org/declaracion_lima_2002 <h4>Chaclacayo, Lima-Peru, 6-9 de julio de 2002</h4> <h4>Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Sostenible, En Camino a Rio+ 10</h4> <p>Provenimos de 9 pases de Amrica Latina y el Caribe, y de otras regiones del mundo, somos miembros de <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term62"><acronym title="MIIC: Mouvement Catholique International Pour les Affaires Intellectuelles et Culturelles, Movimiento Internacional de Intelectuales Católicos">MIIC</acronym></a>-Pax Romana, reunidos en Chaclacayo- Lima, Per, del 6 al 9 de julio del 2002, fecha en la que se realiz el <em>Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Humano Sostenible, en camino a Ro + 10. </em> </p> Español Latin America Statements Sustainable Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:34:42 -0700