strategy
Preparing national and local environmental quality standards
Synonyms:
Assessing environmental quality criteriaEstablishing environmental quality standards
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends national and, where relevant, local environmental quality standards based on scientific criteria and guidelines. Broader:
Ensuring a healthy environmentImplementing environmental health strategyExtending scope of environmental data collectionDeveloping methods that safeguard environmental quality Constrained by:
Eroding quality of environment Facilitates:
Assessing environmental impactsDeveloping national emission level standardsEnsuring environmentally sound waste processingDeveloping national environmental health action plansEnsuring continuous corporate environmental improvementEnsuring environmental standards do not lead to unjustified trade restrictions Facilitated by:
Studying performance qualityResearching environmental indicatorsPromoting best environmental practiceImproving environmental health monitoringLinking environmental quality and good business practice Organizations:
Pan American Center for Human Ecology and Health WHO Western Pacific Regional Environmental Health Centre Subjects:
Society → LocalCommerce → Assessment
Research, Standards → Quality unification
Research, Standards → Standards
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
