Developing special programmes on migration causing or caused by environmental change

Policies and programmes are developed to handle the various types of migration that result from, or induce environmental disruptions, with special attention to women and vulnerable groups.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Studying consequences of migration

1. Improving rural living conditions to reduce migration to cities

1. Building demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development
2. Assessing impact of cumulative environmental changes on migration flows
3. Addressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands

1. Developing migration policies

1. Changeableness
2. Change