Relier Pairs 16 Articles of the Earth ChartVersion en ligne connect the article with it´s description par omar vigil 1 a. Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings. 2 a. Support international scientific and technical cooperation on sustainability, with special attention to the needs of developing nations. 3 a. Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required 4 a. Provide all, especially children and youth, with educational opportunities that empower them to contribute actively to sustainable development. 5 a. Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, language, and national, ethnic or social origin. 6 a. Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms and provide everyone an opportunity to realize his or her full potential. 7 a. Reduce, reuse, and recycle the materials used in production and consumption systems, and ensure that residual waste can be assimilated by ecological systems. 8 a. Uphold the right of everyone to receive clear and timely information on environmental matters and all development plans and activities which are likely to affect them or in which they have an interest. 9 a. Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and among nations. 10 a. Accept that with the right to own, manage, and use natural resources comes the duty to prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people. 11 a. Recognize that the freedom of action of each generation is qualified by the needs of future generations. b 12 a. Secure the human rights of women and girls and end all violence against them. 13 a. Encourage and support mutual understanding, solidarity, and cooperation among all peoples and within and among nations. 14 a. Prevent cruelty to animals kept in human societies and protect them from suffering 15 a. Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives. 16 a. Take action to avoid the possibility of serious or irreversible environmental harm even when scientific knowledge is incomplete or inconclusive. b 5. Protect and restore the integrity of Earth's ecological systems, with special concern for biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain life. 13. Strengthen democratic institutions at all levels, and provide transparency and accountability in governance, inclusive participation in decision making, and access to justice. 1. Respect Earth and life in all its diversity. 15. Treat all living beings with respect and consideration. 2. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love. 6. Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach. 10. Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner. 14. Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life. 11. Affirm gender equality and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure universal access to education, health care, and economic opportunity. 7. Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being. 16. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence, and peace. 3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful. 12. Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity, bodily health, and spiritual well-being, with special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities. 9. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, and environmental imperative. 8. Advance the study of ecological sustainability and promote the open exchange and wide application of the knowledge acquired. 4. Secure Earth's bounty and beauty for present and future generations.