Sustainability is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of future generations, guaranteeing the balance between economic growth, caring for the environment and social well-being.

Sustainable development is a concept that first appeared in 1987 with the publication of the Brundtland Report, which warned of the negative environmental consequences of economic development and globalization and tried to find possible solutions to the problems derived from industrialization and population growth.

The main BUN-CA documents of this area are:

• Bioenergy
• • Bio-Energy in Central America.

• Carbono
  • Guía Centroamericana de Financiamiento de Carbono, setiembre 2004.
  • Central American Carbon Finance Guide, setiembre 2004.
  • Guía Centroamericana de Financiamiento de Carbono (2ª Edición), noviembre 2007.

• Usos Productivos
  • Usos Productivos de la Energía en Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
    
  • Manual Práctico para la Fabricación de Abono Orgánico Utilizando Lombrices.
  • Manual de Procedimientos para la Elaboración de Compost.