Agenda
21 - Introduction
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,
held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, was a historical watershed,
representing a planetary effort to establish new directions
for development that would be based on concern for
environmental protection, social justice and economic
efficiency.
This Conference resulted in five documents: Agenda
21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
the Statement of Forest Principles, the United Nations
Convention on Biodiversity, and the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Agenda
21 - Part 01
This Strategy was adopted on the 24th January 2001
by the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
The preparation for the plan was undertaken by the
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council with the
assistance of the Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary
Service (CVS).
It is, however, the product of a very real partnership
with a wide range of organisations and bodies, and
the contribution of local communities and schools
throughout the County Borough.
Agenda
21 - Part 02 (Dissemination of the information)
The write ups of each meeting were immediately circulated
to each Corporate Director of the County Borough and
to the appropriate officer for service delivery in
each of the following organisations: South Wales Police,
West Wales TEC, Iechyd Morgannwg Health, Countryside
Council for Wales, Environment Agency, the Welsh Development
Agency, the local M.P. and the Council for Voluntary
Service. They were also sent to the appropriate Community
Council.
Accompanying the write up was a request for feedback
if action was taken to remedy any specific issue.
Some of the issues could not be dealt with as immediate
practical problems, this remaining data is intended
to advise future strategies and sustainable service
delivery plans for all interested parties in addition
to forming a basis for the Agenda for the 21st Century.
Agenda
21 – Part 03 (Sustainability Indicators)
Responding to the data from the public meetings, the
Local Authority agreed Sustainability Indicators with
the partner organizations over a series of meetings.
Agenda
21 – Part 04 (The Plan)
One of the first things that became apparent from
the consultation meetings was the marked differences
between our communities. If problems are to be dealt
with as local people would like, they cannot all be
lumped together and dealt with across the County in
one way from centralized offices. This therefore requires
new mechanisms to be put into place (I) to listen
and (II) to deliver on a more locally sensitive system.
The Agenda 21 Plan will be integrated into the Community
Strategy for Neath Port Talbot. Guidance on the preparation
and implementation of this new statutory duty will
be issued by the National Assembly for Wales during
the Spring of 2001. The Authority will seek ways of
addressing community involvement and integrating this
into the working of the Council, in order that it
and its partners may be more aware of and responsive
to local community aspirations and issues.
Agenda
21 - Protection of the Quality and Supply of Freshwater
Resources
Application of Integrated Approaches
to the Development, Management and Use of Water Freshwater
resources are an essential component of the Earth's
hydrosphere and an indispensable part of all terrestrial
ecosystems. The freshwater environment is characterized
by the hydrological cycle, including floods and droughts,
which in some regions have become more extreme and
dramatic in their consequences. Global climate change
and atmospheric pollution could also have an impact
on freshwater resources and their availability and,
through sea-level rise, threaten low-lying coastal
areas and small island ecosystems. |
