Matching Pairs 16 Articles of the Earth ChartOnline version connect the article with it´s description by omar vigil 1 a. Support international scientific and technical cooperation on sustainability, with special attention to the needs of developing nations. 2 a. Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required 3 a. Reduce, reuse, and recycle the materials used in production and consumption systems, and ensure that residual waste can be assimilated by ecological systems. 4 a. Encourage and support mutual understanding, solidarity, and cooperation among all peoples and within and among nations. 5 a. Uphold the right of everyone to receive clear and timely information on environmental matters and all development plans and activities which are likely to affect them or in which they have an interest. 6 a. Accept that with the right to own, manage, and use natural resources comes the duty to prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people. 7 a. Secure the human rights of women and girls and end all violence against them. 8 a. Recognize that the freedom of action of each generation is qualified by the needs of future generations. b 9 a. Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms and provide everyone an opportunity to realize his or her full potential. 10 a. Prevent cruelty to animals kept in human societies and protect them from suffering 11 a. Provide all, especially children and youth, with educational opportunities that empower them to contribute actively to sustainable development. 12 a. Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and among nations. 13 a. Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, language, and national, ethnic or social origin. 14 a. Take action to avoid the possibility of serious or irreversible environmental harm even when scientific knowledge is incomplete or inconclusive. b 15 a. Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives. 16 a. Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings. 15. Treat all living beings with respect and consideration. 8. Advance the study of ecological sustainability and promote the open exchange and wide application of the knowledge acquired. 9. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, and environmental imperative. 12. Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity, bodily health, and spiritual well-being, with special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities. 5. Protect and restore the integrity of Earth's ecological systems, with special concern for biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain life. 6. Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach. 14. Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life. 13. Strengthen democratic institutions at all levels, and provide transparency and accountability in governance, inclusive participation in decision making, and access to justice. 2. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love. 7. Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being. 11. Affirm gender equality and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure universal access to education, health care, and economic opportunity. 16. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence, and peace. 10. Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner. 4. Secure Earth's bounty and beauty for present and future generations. 3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful. 1. Respect Earth and life in all its diversity.
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