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Ecologically Sustainable Development

Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) is where development is undertaken in such a way that the needs of the present at met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.


In effect the whole development is looked at to assess and 'balance' the impact of the development on the ecological processes which we in turn all depend upon now and in the future.

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