P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 8007a
The following terms shall have the meanings stated below, except when the context of the provisions of this chapter clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Agenda 21 or Program 21.— A broad action program encompassing all areas relative to the planet’s sustainable development from 1992 to the 21st century. The same was presented to all World Governments at the “Earth Summit” held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June, 1992.
(2) Sustainable development.— Development that meets the present needs without jeopardizing the needs of future generations. A process in which the economic, fiscal, business, energy, agricultural, industrial and other policies are formulated so as to achieve a development that is sustainable in terms of the economic, the social, and the ecological standpoints. These are ways of economic development and activities that neither degrade nor deplete the natural resources upon which life and the present and the future economic development are dependent.
(3) Ecological footprint.— The footprint measures the human impact on nature. In order to live, people consume that which nature offers. The ecological footprint measures what we consume of the natural environment. It shows how much productive land and water we use, expressed in acres or hectares, in our character as individuals, to maintain our lifestyles, produce all the resources that we consume, and dispose of the waste we generate. The average ecological footprint of an American is thirty (30) acres, that of a Hindu is 1.98 acres, and the average for an inhabitant of this planet is 6.92 acres. But the sad truth is that, for the present world population, nature only provides five (5) acres of productive space per Earth inhabitant. Therefore, citizens in developed countries throughout the world are living at the expense of the productive space of those less fortunate.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 416, § 64, eff. 6 months after Sept. 22, 2004.