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World Resources: 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems - the Fraying Web of Life
World Resources 20002001 People and Ecosystems the Fraying Web of Life Author:The World Bank With this report the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank, and the World Resources Insititute aim to reconfirm their committment to making the viability of the world's ecosystems a critical development priority for the 21st century. The goals of World Resources 2000-2001 are twofold. The ... more »first goal is to report on the condition of Earth's ecosystems at the dawn of a new millenium. The second is to motivate nations, local communities, and individuals to adopt an ecosystem. The report addresses coastal, forest, grassland, freshwater, and agricultural ecosystems, both natural and managed, on a global scale and also describes and analyzes the various ecosystems individually and emphasizes the linkage between them.« less