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T1 Strengthening Capacity to include the Environment in Development Planning - Proceedings of the Panel on Environment and Development Capacity Building held at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Williams College, October 15-16, 1993
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Williams College, 
K1 capacity building
K1 sustainable development
K1 development planning
YR 1993
FD 1993-10
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30125
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30125
NO The natural asset base of the poorest, resource-dependent economies is being rapidly run down. Yet these economies remain in a fundamental state of  'underdevelopment.' In short, development is essentially 'unsustainable' because net depreciation of the natural asset base (and any increase in population) is not being compensated by investment in renewable (human and physical) capital. Clearly, a higher priority should be placed on efficient and sustainable management for natural resources to maintain the environmental 'capital' required for this transition and to achieve long term development goals. Rethinking the economic relationship between poverty and environmental degradation in developing countries from an economic perspective is also a necessary component of this new development thinking.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026