This document is presented with the stated goal …”to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We recognize the spirit of cooperation that has characterized negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals and provide the updated Covenant as a framework for implementing sustainability at all levels of society.”
Along with many U.S. professors of law, biology, natural resources, urban planning, theology, environmental ethics, two attorneys, a judge, foreign dignitaries, ambassadors, 13 members of the U.N. Secretariat, who contributed to the development and writing of this document, Dinah Shelton, Aaron Laur, and the Elisabeth Haub Foundation for Environmental Law are thanked for their contributions and publication of this Draft Covenant by Dr. Wolfgang E. Burhenne, former Chairman and now Executive Governor (2006-present) of the International Council of Environmental Law.
www.iucn.org/work/programmes/environmental.lawThe ‘covenant’ (D.I.C.E.D.) also contains the related “gateway to environmental law,” ECOLEX. Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development: implementing sustainability--resource | IUCN“ECOLEX is a web-based information service that synergizes information on environmental law collected by the three partner organizations, 185,235 laws and regulations, 2,182 treaties, and 2,592 court decisions.”ECOLEX “covers the entire spectrum of environmental and natural resources conservation, including fresh and marine water, air and atmosphere, soil and land use, species and ecosystems, fisheries and forestry, hazardous substances and waste, as well as food and agriculture.” ECOLEX--resource | IUCNThe large and complex Covenant document includes articles that deal with every aspect of economic activity and everyday living. Some notable articles are:• Integrated planning system, not considering administrative boundaries within a country, and is based on Paragraph 10.5 of U.N. Agenda 21, which seeks to “facilitate allocation of land to the uses that provide the greatest sustainable benefits and to promote the transition to a sustainable and integrated management of land resources.” The impact assessment procedure is developed by the World Bank.
“Aquifers, drainage basins, coastal, marine areas, and any areas called ecological units must be taken into account when allocating land for municipal, agricultural, grazing, forestry, and other uses.”