ABSTRACT
Sustainable development as an interactive process of social, ecological and economic development looks at global environmental issues in relation to poverty and development and seeks ways towards a global solution. As most environmental issues are of global concern, they are increasingly being discussed at an international level and they have been anchored in the institutions of the United Nations. According to the global survey of the destruction of plant life, more than 50% of natural ecosystems worldwide have been impaired by moderate to extensive human intervention. The expansion of modern-day commercial agriculture and the introduction of new varieties of plants have caused a loss of genetic diversity among commercial plant species. The demand for water is expected to shift from agriculture to industrial use, which accounts for 80% of the additional withdrawal of water in developed countries, and such use will grow much faster than agricultural use in developing countries.
