Investigating sustainability,
Report for the Initiative of the Global Tiger Recover Program
Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to outline the issue of sustainability. This report will give an understanding to what sustainability is and how it has become a serious issue. It will outline the principles of sustainability. A number of guidelines researched and established to ensure a deep understanding of the issue. The problem is also shaped, identifying the environmental loss and damage occurring due to unsustainable living. Three perspectives are identified, to break up the problem into more manageable groups. The Initiative chosen is the Global Tiger Recovery Program, an initiative that aims to enhance the tiger populations by 2022 and ensure that it is no longer is an endangered species. One of two major findings in this report includes not having a clear definition on what sustainability is, there are so many different ways to describe the issue that it is easy to get confused. The second major finding is the necessity of maintaining the population of animals, as they contribute to the biodiversity of the Earth. This report offers two ways to help justify and advertise the issue of sustainability by allowing it to become clearer to the public. It also outlines two ways to ensure the Global Tiger Recovery Initiative will be maintained
Contents
1.0 Introduction 1
2.0 Section 1: Overview of issue 2
2.1 Background 3
2.2 Sustainability principles 4
2.3 The problem of unsustainable development 6
2.4 Perspectives on sustainability 7
3.0 Section 2: Sustainability Initiative 9
3.1 Description of sustainability initiative 10
3.2 Discussion of Sustainability initiative 11
4.0 Conclusion 13
5.0 Recommendations 14
6.0 References 15
1.0 Introduction
Sustainability is a contemporary issue the earth is combating. There
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