ABSTRACT
At what was known as the Earth Summit, held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, the concerns that were expressed in the Brundtland Report were once again present. This conference set forward a programme for promoting sustainable development throughout the world. This came to be known as Agenda 21. Agenda 21 is an: ‘action plan laying out the basic principles required to progress towards sustainability’ (Holden, 2000, p. 164). The particular approach of Agenda 21 is to involve local communities in a ‘bottom-up’ approach to their own development.
