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Finland’s Natural Resources and the Environment 2003
| Author | Official Statistics of Finland |
| Date | September 2003 |
| Classification | 2.09.0.00/04 (FINLAND - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Foreword The policy of sustainable development defined at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro currently forms the basis of international environmental policy. The current state of affairs and the degree to which measures had been implemented were assessed at the 1 0-year follow-up meeting on sustainable development held in Johannesburg in August-September 2002. The implementation of sustainable development has been slower and has proven to be more difficult politically than was perhaps envisaged in Rio de Janeiro. Numerous agreements and measures are now perceived to be insufficient in the face of ever-worsening problems. On the other hand, the political advances achieved so far can be viewed as significant progress towards sustainable development. The European Union has taken a leading role in promoting sustainability. The EU's sustainable development strategy closely integrates ecological, social and economic sustainability, and the EU's sixth environmental programme integrates environmental challenges into other policy areas. Finland has committed itself to implementing the Johannesburg Plan of Implementatition on a national level. The time scale of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation is long - around 15 years. This review, Finland's Natural Resources and the Environment, reports on the national implementation yearly. The Finnish government programme is inclined towards economical, social and ecological sustainability, which means the balanced dovetailing of production activity, economic growth and environmental considerations. This review concentrates on following commitments that concern the environment and the maintenance of the carrying capacity of ecosystems. In accordance with the Johannesburg activity programme and the Government's programme for sustainable development, this review is published together with the Government budget proposal. Finland's Natural Resources and the Environment review has been drawn up by a working group appointed by the Ministry of the Environment and chaired by Markku Nurmi, Director General at the Ministry of the Environment. The other members of the group were Pekka Pelkonen, Counsellor at the Ministry of Finance; Carita Putkonen, Financial Counsellor at the Ministry of Finance; Nina Broadstreet, Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Trade and Industry; Kati Ruuth, Researcher at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; Saara Jääskelainen, Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Transport and Communications; Jarmo Muurman, Senior Adviser at the Ministry of the Environment, and Helena Sateri, Development Director at the Ministry of the Environment. The secretaries to the working group were Jukka Hoffrén, Senior Researcher at Statistics Finland, who has also edited the review, and Maire Repo, Planning Officer, and Stella From, Project Coordinator, at the Finnish Environment Institute. Helsinki, September 2003
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