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In 1987 the World Commission on Environment and Development made

an analysis of the economic, social and environmental situation

will-

It does and showed that the current economic model was destroying

and worsening environment increasingly impoverished

people; therefore, it was necessary to find a new way of developing

ment that would allow human beings meet their needs

without jeopardizing the resources of future generations. East

new model considers that in addition to the care of resources

Natural required education, justice, security and equality

a planet without pollution and with sufficient natural resources

to live fully. In this regard, natural resources are

the basis for human, social and economic development, hence the

importance and urgency of preservation.

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Netherlands. The farms

autosustentables use resources

natural to generate their own

energy.

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California, United States. Just as there are projects that contribute to the preservation of natural resources, there are others where the