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THE EARTH CHARTER


 PREPARED BY THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
GATHERED TOGETHER IN RIO DE JANEIRO

JUNE 3-14, 1992


Preamble


We are Earth, the people, plants and animals
rains and oceans
breath of the forest and flow of the sea.

We honour Earth as the home of all living things.

We cherish Earth's beauty and diversity of life.

We welcome Earth's ability to renew as being the basis of all life.

We recognize the special place of Earth's Indigenous Peoples,
 their territories, their customs
 and their unique relationship to Earth.

We are appalled at the human suffering, poverty and damage to Earth
caused by inequality of power.

We accept a shared responsibility to protect and restore Earth
 and to allow wise and equitable use of resources
 so as to achieve an ecological balance
 and new social, economic and spiritual values.


In all our diversity we are one.

 Our common home is increasingly threatened.

We thus commit ourselves to the following principles,
 noting at all times the particular needs
 of women, indigenous peoples, the South, the disabled
 and all those who are disadvantaged:

Principles


1.   We agree to respect, encourage, protect and restore Earth's ecosystems
     to ensure biological and cultural diversity.

2.   We recognize our diversity and our common partnership.  We respect
     all cultures and affirm the rights of all people to basic environmental
     needs.

3.   Poverty affects us all. We agree to alter unsustainable patterns of
     production and consumption to ensure the eradication of poverty and to
     end the abuse of Earth. This must include a recognition of the role of
     debt and financial flows from the South to the North and opulence and
     corruption as primary causes. We shall emphasize and improve the
     endogenous capacity for technology creation and development. Attempts
     to eradicate poverty should not be a mandate to abuse the environment
     and attempts to protect or restore the environment should not ignore
     basic human needs.

4.   We recognize that national barriers do not generally conform to Earth's
     ecological realities. National sovereignty does not mean sanctuary from
     our collective responsibility to protect and restore Earth's ecosystems.
     Trade practices and transnational corporations must not cause
     environmental degradation and should be controlled in order to achieve
     social justice, equitable trade and solidarity with ecological principles.

5.   We reject the build up and use of military force and the use of
     economic pressure as means of resolving conflict. We commit ourselves
     to pursue genuine peace, which is not merely the absence of war but
     includes the eradication of poverty, the promotion of social justice and
     economic, spiritual, cultural and ecological well-being.

6.   We agree to ensure that decision-making processes and their criteria are
     clearly defined, transparent, explicit, accessible and equitable.  Those
     whose decisions or activities may affect the environment must first
     prove the absence of harm.  Those likely to be affected, particularly
     populations in the South and those in subjugation within existing States,
     should have free access to information and effectively participate in the
     decision-making processes.

7.   States, institutions, corporations and peoples are unequal in their
     contribution to environmental harm, experience of ecological
     degradation and ability to respond to environmental destruction.  While
     all are responsible for improving environmental quality, those who have
     expropriated or consumed the majority of Earth's resources or who
     continue to do so must cease such expropriation or reduce such
     consumption and must bear the costs of ecological restoration and
     protection by providing the majority of financial and technological
     resources.

8.   Women constitute over half of Earth's human population. They are a
     powerful source for change. They contribute more than half the effort
     to human welfare. Men and women agree that women's status in
     decision-making and social processes must equitably reflect their
     contribution. We must shift from a society dominated by men to one
     which more accurately reflects the valued contributions of men and
     women to human and ecological welfare.

We have come to realise that the threats to the biosphere which sustains all liv
e
on Earth have increased in rate, magnitude and scale to such extent that
inaction would be negligent.
Earth Charter Action Plan

1. We shall adopt the spirit and principles of the Earth Charter at the individu
al
level and through concrete actions within our Non-Governmental Organisations.

2. We will use existing mechanisms and/or create an international network of
the signatories hereto to disseminate the Earth Charter as principles for action
at the local, national and global level.

3. The Earth Charter shall be translated into all the languages of Earth.

4. We shall commit ourselves to the preparation of "OBJECTIVE 1995" by
which the United Nations will celebrate its 50th anniversary at which time we
want them to adopt this Earth Charter.

5. Non Governmental Organisations world wide shall initiate a combined
campaign "WE ARE EARTH" through to 1995 and the adoption of this Earth
Charter by the United Nations.

6. Every individual, organisation, corporation and state shall dedicate a
percentage of their operating budget and their profit as an "Earth Percentage"
dedicated to the restoration, protection and management of Earth's ecosystems
and the promotion of equitable development.

7. We call for a second Global Forum to be held in 1999 to evaluate and
reaffirm our commitment to the relationships made, the accomplishments
achieved and the goals sought at this "1992 Global Forum".


WE AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS EARTH CHARTER THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES.

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