What was the Earth Summit? How far did the Summit prove to be useful? Explain.

The UN conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992. This was known as the Earth summit

Benefits of Earth summit-

I) It produced conventions dealing with climate change biodiversity forestry and recommended a list of development practices known as agenda 21.

II) Under this list there was consensus on combining economic growth with ecological responsibility known as sustainable development.

III) A set of principles forest principles was formed to underline the sustainable development of forest worldwide.