Defined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs," sustainable development may be considered together with the concepts of "integration" (development cannot be considered in isolation from sustainability) and "interdependence" (social and economic development, and environmental protection, are interdependent).UNEP Manual, ¶¶ 12-19. Laws mandating environmental impact assessment and requiring or encouraging development to minimize environmental impacts may be assessed against this principle.
Defined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs," sustainable development may be considered together with the co,ncepts of "integration" (development cannot be considered in isolation from sustainability) and "interdependence" (social and economic development and environmental protection, are interdependent).UNEP Manual, ¶¶ 12-19. Laws mandating environmental impact assessment and requiring or encouraging development to minimize environmental impacts may be assessed against this principle.