1987/01/01 by Gro Harlem Brundtland · 6 citations
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education #Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies #Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
paper · doi:10.1017/s0376892900016805
openalex publication_date 1987/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
When this century began, neither human beings nor technology had the power radically to alter planetary systems. As the century draws to a close, not only do vastly increased human populations and their activities possess that power, but we are also faced with major unintended changes that are occurring in the atmosphere, in soil, in water, among plants and animals, and in the relationships among all of them.