Sustainable development involves "the management and conservation of the natural resources base, and the orientation of technological and institutional change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs for present and future generations. Such […] development […] conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, is environmentally viable and socially acceptable."
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Definitions and Basic Principles of Sustainable Forest Management in Relation to Criteria and Indicators, visited 2010-12-13)
