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  • First Steps Towards Sustainability 2006

    Topics:
    • Actions to Protect our Environment, 
    • Biodiversity, 
    • Water, 
    • About biodiversity, 
    • River Basin Management, 
    • Water Management Unit

    Date published: 10 May 2006

    This first sustainable development strategy for Northern Ireland, along with the subsequent implementation plan, represents our first stepstowards tackling these challenges and presents the opportunity to achieve a better balance between social, environmental and economic progress. It provides us with a framework that allows us to refocus our efforts on building sustainable communities and applying our renowned history of industrious and innovative engineering skills to environmental technologies such as renewable energy or the recycling of waste.

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    • First Steps Towards Sustainability 2006Adobe PDF (3.75 MB)
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