text: environmental aspects ofagricultural development, forestry practices andwatershed management. Inputs wouldalsobeprovided byothersubprogrammes forwhichthe Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs (DIESA) isresponsible whereenvironmental aspects aretakenupinconnection withotherissues, e.g.,poverty insUbprogramme 2above, energyinprogramme 20,waterin subprogramme 1ofprogramme 19,population, resources, environment anddevelopment inprogramme 18,andenvironmental statistics andaccounting inprogramme 24. 12.66 Inthecontext oftheinternational development strategy forthe1990sand follow-up tothe1992Conference onEnvironment andDevelopment, theSecretariat willundertake analyses ofalternative transportation technologies and transportation systems, including theirenvironmental implications. Itwillalso collect, analyse anddisseminate information concerning policy issues, new transport technologies, infrastructure andinstitution building, environmental concerns, andtransport legislation. Theincreasing systematization ofthiswork isexpected toresultinacomputerized transport databaseduring thelatterpart oftheplanperiod. Thisworkwillcontinue tobeundertaken inclose collaboration withconcerned international organizations suchastheInternational RoadTransport Union, theInternational RoadFederation, theWorldBank, UNDP,the International Maritime Organization, theInternational CivilAviation Commission, -15-12.63 Theobjectives ofthesUbprogramme are(a)toenable Member States toapply aneconomic perspective toissuesarising fromaconsideration oftherelationships amongsocio-economic development, resource use,technological change andthe environment soastopromote sustained andecologically sounddevelopment and (b)tofoster awareness amongMemberStates ofcurrent andemerging global issues, suchastheimpact oneconomic development ofenvironmentally soundtechnologies, andtoderive appropriate policyconclusions. (b)Course ofactionoftheSecretariat 12.64 TheSecretariat willundertake twoprincipal typesofactivities subject to modifications resulting fromtheoutcome ofthe1992United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment. Studies willbeprepared thatwillanalyse the interaction andreconciliation between theneedforrapidsocio-economic development, ontheonehand,andtheavoidance ofenvironmental degradation, on theother,intheirglobal andregional contexts. Thesubprogramme willintegrate inthatanalysis theenvironmental indicators beingdeveloped intheStatistical Office andotherinstitutions intheirmonitoring ofglobal socio-economic trends andwillalsotakeintoconsideration theperiodic evaluation tobeundertaken in theinternational development strategy. Particular attention willbepaidtothe relationships amongpatterns ofconsumption, resource useandchoiceof technologies forwhichtheglobal input-output modeloftheworldeconomy, being revised andexpanded undersubprogramme 5,willprovide majorinputs. Theimpact oflessresource-intensive technologies oneconomic growth anditssocial implications willbehighlighted. 12.65 Thestudies willinclude quantitative analyses ofscenarios totheyear2000 andbeyond underalternative assumptions regarding policies andtechnological choices andwillexplore theeconomic consequences ofvarious strategies for preventing ormitigating environmental degradation. Theinterdisciplinary analyses required forthepreparations ofthosestudies willdrawheavily oninputstobe provided byspecialized organizations oftheUnited Nations system, including not onlytheUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), butothers suchastheFood andAgriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations (FAO)inrespect of environmental aspects ofagricultural development, forestry practices andwatershed management. Inputs wouldalsobeprovided byothersubprogrammes forwhichthe Department ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs (DIESA) isresponsible
analysis: The text discusses the environmental aspects of agricultural development, forestry practices, and watershed management, as well as the impact of transportation technologies and infrastructure on the environment. It also mentions the importance of sustainable and ecologically sound development. These topics suggest a strong connection to the natural environment and the relationship between economic development and environmental degradation.