ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how some of the foundations could be laid for just such an integrated approach. The passage on coastal zone management serves to highlight the need for this in practical terms. The major sustainable development international initiative of the 1990s has been the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in 1992. Guyana has a growing body of literature on which to build to help devise an effective national strategy for sustainable development. Capacity-building is a major dimension of implementation and covers technology transfer, science for sustainable development, education, public awareness and training and national strategies for sustainability. Given the complexity of the intersectoral use of the resource base it is clearly imperative to develop an integrated and sustainable strategy for coastal zone management. The challenge of ensuring long term development which is properly sustainable certainly requires an enlightened and informed approach by government.
