Utilizing indigenous building material

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. Agenda 21 recommends the establishment and strengthening of an indigenous building materials industry, based as much as possible on input of locally available natural resources.

1. Utilizing traditional indigenous skills
2. Maximizing use of local natural resources
3. Expanding use of local construction technologies
4. Constructing sustainably
5. Building resource efficient housing
6. Acquiring low-cost building supplies
7. Acquiring basic building materials

1. Using bamboo
2. Constructing from timber
3. Constructing from straw
4. Constructing from stone
5. Constructing from sand
6. Constructing from earth
7. Constructing from coral

1. Encouraging self-building of houses
2. Constructing low energy buildings
3. Constructing adequate local buildings

1. Ensuring local authorities use environmentally sound building materials
2. Applying culture-based knowledge systems

1. Instability of mining and quarrying industry
2. Environmental impacts of quarrying industry

1. Unnaturalness
2. Misconstruction