In the sustainable development of international activities. The conservation of biological various.

The responsible heads of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan; the national leading experts in the field of environment and “green” growth – Mr.Yessekin Bulat, Mr.Bragin Alexander; representatives of international organizations from OSCE Center in Astana, ESCAP Subregional Office for North and Central Asia, ESCAP/UNECE SPECA Office, the business sector and NGOs, media.
The purpose of this meeting is to increase environmental awareness and capacity building for the transition of Kazakhstan to the “green economy” as well as the identification of key practices and mechanisms for implementing the concept of “green economy” and the policy of “green growth”.

The important environmental aspects of nowadays achievements in the organization and management of “green” business, as the basis for the successful implementation of the Concept of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the transition to a “green economy” shall be discussed. As well as there shall be considered how country’s transition to a green modernization – for sustainable management of water, forests, and other natural genetic resources, renewable energy, agriculture, “green” economic growth in the Central Asian countries is being implemented. In this regards cooperation, financial support, technology transfer, knowledge management plays the important role, with the assistance of the international community and the private sector and “EXPO 2017″ preparation.

Sustainable development (SD) is a process for achieving sustainability in any activity that uses resources and where immediate and intergenerational replication is demanded. Sustainable development coincides with further economic growth and human development in the developed economy (and society) for finding the means of continual development beyond economic development. As such, sustainable development is the organizing principle for sustaining finite resources necessary to provide for the needs of future generations of life on the planet. It is a process that envisions a desirable future state for human societies in which living conditions and resource-use continue to meet human needs without undermining the "integrity, stability and beauty" of natural biotic systems.

The concept of sustainable development was the result of combining the three main points of view: economic, social and environmental. All three of these components are connected closely linked.

For example, economic growth alone will not be able to guarantee the well-being of our citizens. It is not difficult to imagine a prosperous economy in which people from year to year are getting sicker as a result of wrong approach to their health and environmental pollution. As soon as we build our society, to make growing efforts to ensure that our citizens are healthy throughout his life, and a healthy environment.

As in other countries in Kazakhstan, the concept of human development is reflected in strategic documents such as the "Kazakhstan-2030", "Kazakhstan-2050", national, regional, sectoral programs and plans of action, including poverty reduction, improvement of health and education of the population.

Prevention of diseases and promotion of healthy lifestyles. World experience shows that the most important factor influencing the health of the population - are the steps of the state to prevent diseases, on the one hand, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, on the other. Preventing diseases involves the use of clean water and healthy food, availability of purification systems, reducing objects polluting the environment and causing environmental harm, similar measures reducing other risk factors.

2. Sustainable development is a process for meeting human development goals while sustaining the ability of natural systems to continue to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depends. While the modern concept of sustainable development is derived most strongly from the 1987 Brundtland Report, it is rooted in earlier ideas about sustainable forest management and twentieth century environmental concerns. As the concept developed, it has shifted to focus more on economic development, social developmentand environmental protection.

Sustainable development is the organizing principle for sustaining finite resources necessary to provide for the needs of future generations of life on the planet. It is a process that envisions a desirable future state for human societies in which living conditions and resource-use continue to meet human needs without undermining the "integrity, stability and beauty" of natural biotic systems.

Sustainability can be defined as the practice of maintaining processes of productivity indefinitely—natural or human made—by replacing resources used with resources of equal or greater value without degrading or endangering natural biotic systems.^[2] Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity. Sustainability science is the study of the concepts of sustainable development and environmental science. There is an additional focus on the present generations' responsibility to regenerate, maintain and improve planetary resources for use by future generations.^[3]

Sustainable development has its roots in ideas about sustainable forest management which were developed in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.^[4][5] In response to a growing awareness of the depletion of timber resources in England, John Evelyn argued that "sowing and planting of trees had to be regarded as a national duty of every landowner, in order to stop the destructive over-exploitation of natural resources" in his 1662 essay Sylva. In 1713 Hans Carl von Carlowitz, a senior mining administrator in the service of Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony published Sylvicultura oeconomica, a 400-page work on forestry. Building upon the ideas of Evelyn and French minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, von Carlowitz developed the concept of managing forests for sustained yield.^[4]His work influenced others, including Alexander von Humboldt and Georg Ludwig Hartig, eventually leading to the development of a science of forestry. This in turn influenced people like Gifford Pinchot, first head of the US Forest Service, whose approach to forest management was driven by the idea of wise use of resources, and Aldo Leopold whose land ethic was influential in the development of the environmental movement in the 1960s.

This module explores the emerging concept of ‘sustainable development’ which is now central to the programmes of many governments, businesses, educational institutions and non-government organisations around the world. The module takes an historical approach tracing the widening understanding of sustainable development from the 1980s up to the present day. This history includes landmark international events such as: the 1987 Brundtland Report, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, the 1997 Rio+5 Conference and the 2000 Millennium Summit in New York, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

Much has been written in academic terms about the meaning of sustainable development and the need to integrate ecological and economic principles into personal and public decision-making. However, there is no agreed definition of the concept and perhaps there is no need for one. This is because sustainable development concerns a process of change and is heavily reliant upon local contexts, needs and interests. Thus, sustainable development is an ‘emerging concept’ in two ways, first, because it is relatively new and evolves as we learn to grasp its wide implications for all aspects of our lives, and, second, because its meanings emerge and evolve according to local contexts.

OBJECTIVES

· To develop an understanding of the emerging concept of sustainable development;

· To analyse the value base behind a range of different interpretations of sustainable development;

· To appreciate the differences of approach to sustainable development in countries of the North and the South; and

· To develop your own definition of sustainable development.