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BioRegional Development Group

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Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
If yes, explain in detail: BioRegional has been invited by the UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA) to register One Planet Living as an official UN Partnership. This Partnership is to receive endorsement from the UK Government by September 2013, after which it will be formally registered. At Rio+20 in June 2012, BioRegional and our partners made 5 Voluntary Commitments which will form the basis of the UN Partnership. See our Voluntary Commitments registered online: www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?section=1004&type=12&page=view&nr=383&menu=153&str=one+planet+living&x=29&y=14#search
Affiliation with other organizations: BioRegional is affiliated with a number of international networks, intergovernmental organisations, businesses and local/ national governments.
Publications: N/A
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development:
BioRegional formally submitted recommendations to the Rio+20 Zero Draft in November 2011-'One Planet Living...the future we want'. Link to submission: www.bioregional.com/files/downloads/one-planet-living-the-future-we-want.pdf
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