Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
Abstract
Includes Notes on Contributors, Index, and Summary on back cover.The first Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) convened in Barbados in 1994. The purpose of
the gathering was to examine national and international strategies, and adopt
plans and programmes intended to enable these territories and their limited
resources to undergo development in a sustainable manner, while enhancing
in them the coping mechanisms and human skills necessary to pursue
sustainable development. The Barbados Conference was a spinoff from the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development - known as the Earth
Summit - which met in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The purpose of the
Summit was to debate a challenging list of pressing environmental issues
known as Agenda 21, and follow this up with the implementation of an
action plan.peer-reviewe
