What is the significance for the development of international environmental law of the two world conferences held in Stockholm in 1972 and in Rio de Janeiro in 1992?
Treaties have been an important source of international environmental law. Through the Stockholm Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992 environmental issues have been put to the forefront of international concerns. The Stockholm Conference was “motivated primarily by a concern over transboundary pollution, particularly in the form of acid rain, Sweden in 1968 suggested an international conference to address global environmental problems” (Hunter, et al, 281). Scientists were getting terrible results from their research about the environment and they decided that nations all over the world should put their resources together to take better care of the environment. The result of the Stockholm Conference Helped lay the groundwork for the subsequent acceptance of the concept of sustainable development. The Declaration emphasized the importance of integrating environment and development, of reducing or eliminating pollution, and of controlling the use of renewable and non-renewable r
