61. WR96 Table Of Contents Purchasing Power Parity Economic Inequality Economic Growth and the environment DataTables Chapter 9 forests and Land Cover Introduction State of the World s http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-96-97/96tocful.html

CONTENTS World Resources 1996-97 The Urban Environment Executive Summary Also available in Adobe Acrobat format Part I: The Urban Environment Chapter 1: Cities and the Environment Introduction Urban Growth Patterns What Fuels Urban Growth? Urban Poverty ... Confronting the Urban Environmental Challenge Chapter 2: Urban Environment and Human Health Introduction Health Profiles of Urban Dwellers The Urban Physical Environment and Health The Urban Social Environment and Health ... Multisectoral Strategies for Improving the Health of Urban Dwellers Chapter 3: Urban Impacts on Natural Resources Introduction Land Conversion Extraction and Depletion of Natural Resources Urban Wastes ... Integrated Approaches to Protect the Resource Base Chapter 4: Urban Transportation Introduction Urban Transportation Trends Impacts of Urban Transportation Trends Moving Forward: Key Strategies and Tools ... Improving the Transportation Supply Chapter 5: Urban Priorities for Action Introduction Priorities for Action: Water and Sanitation Promoting Water Conservation Priorities for Action: Solid Waste Management ... Priorities for Action: Land Use Chapter 6: City and Community: Toward Environmental Sustainability Introduction Strengthening Local Governments in Developing Countries A Community-level Approach to Environmental Management Setting Priorities ... Cities and Sustainable Development Appendix A.

62. Taking Action FPEG Home governance, governance failures, and assessing the impacts of public policies onthe poor and the environment. More Picture forests, markets and the poor, http://www.wri.org/ffi/burma/

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63. Environment such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Global environment Facility (GEF toclamp down on destructive logging which currently is decimating forests. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTSITETOOLS/0,,contentMDK:20147675~men

var templatePathPrefix = "http://siteresources.worldbank.org/"; Home Site Map Index FAQs ... Topics Search All Help Home FAQs Environment About The World Bank Group About Development Civil Society Climate Change ... Site Index Environment What importance does the World Bank give to the environment in its lending programs? What are the priorities in the World Bank's environmental lending programs? Is environmental sustainability compatible with economic growth? Why was the 1991 policy prohibiting the World Bank Group providing finance for commercial logging in primary moist tropical forest changed in the Bank's latest forests policy? ... What is the World Bank doing to save the forests of the Amazon? What importance does the World Bank give to the environment in its lending programs? Currently about 13 percent (US$13 billion) of the Bank's total portfolio has environmental and natural resource management objectives. The Bank has continued to improve its application of environmental and social safeguard policies. About 83 percent of all new investment lending is subject to an Environment Assessment (EA), reflecting more rigorous application of the safeguard policies. The Bank works with partners in the international community to pursue its environmental goals. In addition to IDA/IBRD projects, the Bank helps borrowing countries address regional and global environmental objectives through the  Global Environmental Facility (GEF) . It is also the implementing agency of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. In 2003, with over a decade of experience, the World Bank'sÂÂ

64. Sacbee.com -- Environment -- State Of Denial: World's Other Forests Feed State's Thick as a phone book, a new state report on the environment cites a littlerecognizeddanger to global forests California. By consuming vast amounts of http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/environment/story/7543509p-8485067c.html

Some features on this site require that JavaScript be turned on. Sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee News Sports Business Politics ... Shopping Sacbee: News / Environment Powered by: accessBee Internet for just $13.95 Sections: 24-HOUR NEWS Top News State 30-DAY ARCHIVES Above/Beyond Back-Seat Driver State News Courts ... Whatever Happened To... COMMUNITY Community News ETC. Bee Photo Galleries Columnists Corrections Health Inspections ... Weather An area of clear-cut logging is at lower right in this scene last year near Ball Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Canadian forests have borne much of the burden as California looks out of state for its wood products. Sacramento Bee file, 2002/José M. Osorio State of denial: World's other forests feed state's appetite for timber By Tom Knudson Bee Staff Writer Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news. Sign up here. Thick as a phone book, a new state report on the environment cites a little-recognized danger to global forests: California. By consuming "vast amounts of ... wood products" while increasingly protecting our own forests from logging, Californians are sharpening the pace of cutting elsewhere, including Canada, says a draft of the report "The Changing California, Forest and Range 2003 Assessment," obtained by The Bee. The 1,400-page report by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is to be presented to the state Board of Forestry this week. It is the fourth in a series of periodic checkups and the first to discuss the global reach of California's wood-consumption and forest-conservation practices, a theme explored by The Bee six months ago in a series of articles, "State of Denial."

65. Forestry And Land Use: Governance, Markets, Services And Livelihoods role of ethical dialogue in the fate of the forests) argues that international conferencein Scotland entitled Global ethics, development, environment and the http://www.iied.org/forestry/

Updated 28 May, 2004 Advanced Search Focus On... New member of the Programme - Ivan Bond Critique of plantations privatisation an overview document and case studies are available for download in draft prior to a combined book being produced in 2004. Comments on these drafts are actively sought 'Private Sector Forestry' 'Policy That Works' Developing markets for watershed protection and improved livelihoods: Implementation Phase Planning Workshop Report, January 2004 Forest governance learning group gathering momentum with partners in southern and western Africa Forestry and Land Use Programme (FLU) - Home New to download... Full summaries of our completed projects Instruments for Private Sector Forestry , and Policy that works for forests and people , along with all related publications are now available for free download.

66. Forest History Society Bibliography All Forest History Society databases (Archival Guide, Bibliography, USFS HistoryCollection, forests in Fiction, and environment of South and Southeast Asia http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/biblio.html

Forest History Society "Understanding the past for its impact on the future" Environmental History Bibliography For over 50 years the Society has monitored the world of publishing for items written as history and dealing with the utilization, management, and appreciation of our forest related resources. Originally the information was kept on index cards, then in 1977 was published in North American Forest and Conservation History: A Bibliography by Ronald J. Fahl (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO Press, 1977). Since the early 1980s the information has been maintained in a computer database and is continually updated. News Release - NEH Grant for Expansion of Bibliography Coverage and Scope The Bibliography contains over annotated citations to books, articles, and dissertations published from 1633 to date and is updated online quarterly. Approximately 1500 citations are added each year. Items are selected because they provide a historical perspective on topics such as: Atmospheric sciences Natural resources management Botanical exploration Oceanographic studies Conservation organizations Outdoor recreation Deforestation Ecology Philosophy of nature Endangered species Pinchot, Gifford

67. IPS- Environment environmentBRAZIL Landowners Come to the Aid of Atlantic forests Mario Osava*RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19 (Tierramérica) Some 360 private reserves have been http://www.ipsnews.net/environment.asp

Search Contacts Headlines news in English Deutsch Japanese Nederlands Norsk Suomi Svensk Swahili Thai Hindi Sinhala Tamil Chinese Nepali Indonesian Italiano Homepage Global affairs Africa Asia-Pacific ... ENVIRONMENT : Groups Press U.N. to Protect Deep Ocean Species Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Jun 8 (IPS) Alarmed by new studies indicating the possible extinction of thousands of species in the world's oceans, international environmental groups are demanding the United Nations take the lead in banning bottom trawl fishing on the high seas. DEVELOPMENT-NEPAL : Mountain Climbing Culture under Threat Surendra Phuyal KATHMANDU, Jun 8 (IPS) For centuries, the Sherpas of Nepal revered the great mountains of the Himalayan region as dwelling places of gods and goddesses. The very thought of climbing them was considered blasphemous. ENERGY-SOUTH ASIA : Gas Pipelines to India Not Pipe Dreams Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (IPS) Growing energy demands and the more open attitude of India's new government toward its neighbours may see the revival of plans to pipe natural gas into the country from Iran to the west and Burma in the east. RENEWABLES : Just Look Beneath Your Feet Sanjay Suri BONN, Jun 7 (IPS) When they planned this new building in Bonn with renewable energy in mind, they decided to do no more than look beneath their feet.

68. WFSE - World Forests, Society And Environment IUFRO s Special Project. World forests, Society and environment. http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/wfse/

IUFRO's Special Project World Forests, Society and Environment The Special Project Activities Our Global Network News ... A Brief History 1996 - 2001 IUFRO-WFSE's Mission The IUFRO-WFSE project (2002-2005) is focusing on identifying, monitoring and critically analysing key issues and changing paradigms concerning global forests, in support of sustainable development and the well being of people. The project aspires to promote global cooperation in disseminating scientific knowledge and to enhance the dialogue between policy makers, scientists and researchers. Contact information: IUFRO-WFSE Coordinator Gerardo Mery Unioninkatu 40 A, FIN-00170 Helsinki, Finland Phone: +358 10 211 2153 Mobile: + 358 50 391 2153 Fax: +358 10 211 2104 E-mail: gerardo.mery@metla.fi Internet: http://iufro.boku.ac.at/wfse/ top of page WFSE homepage IUFRO Homepage Please send your comments to: IUFRO Secretariat or Brigitte Burger Last update:

69. Protecting The Forests With Btk - Dept. Of Environment And 1993. Environmental report and current status of Bacillus thuringiensis var. ForestryCanada and Province of British Columbia Ministry of forests, Victoria, BC. http://www.gov.nl.ca/env/Env/PollPrev/pesticides/protecting_the_forests.asp

70. OneWorld.net - OneWorld.net>In Depth>Environment>Forests solutions. Story link From environment News Service (ENS) Relatedtopics/regions Brazil forests environment Image Amazon http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/554/140

OneWorld.net In depth Environment Forests Search for in OneWorld sites OneWorld partners OneWorld Network Africa Canada Latin America South Asia SouthEast Europe UK United States América Latina en Catalunya España maailma.net Nederland Unimondo.org Unseulmonde.ca Radio Radio SEEurope AIDS Radio OneWorld TV AIDS Channel CanalSIDA (en España) Digital Opportunity Kids Channel Learning Channel Itrainonline.org NEWS IN DEPTH PARTNERS GET INVOLVED ... OUR NETWORK 09 June 2004 OneWorld Africa English Full Coverage: Forests If you wish to look further into some topics fill out the search criteria below or select from the menu on the left. keyword topic select Development Capacity building Children Cities Agriculture Aid Education Emergency relief Energy Fisheries Food Intermediate technology International cooperation Labour Land Migration Population Poverty Refugees Social exclusion Tourism Transport Volunteering Water/sanitation Youth Economy Consumption Corporations Credit and investment Debt Finance Microcredit Business Trade Environment Climate change Conservation Environmental activism Forests Genetics Animals Nuclear Issues Atmosphere Oceans Pollution Biodiversity Renewable energy Rivers Soils Health Disease AIDS Infant mortality Malaria Narcotics Nutrition/malnutrition Human rights Civil rights Disability Gender Indigenous rights Race politics Religion Sexuality Social exclusion Communication Culture Freedom of expression ICT Internet Knowledge Media Science Politics

71. OneWorld.net - OneWorld.net>In Depth>Environment>Forests timber industry s top lobby group. Story link From Inter Press ServiceRelated topics/regions Australia forests environment. http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/554/400

OneWorld.net In depth Environment Forests Search for in OneWorld sites OneWorld partners OneWorld Network Africa Canada Latin America South Asia SouthEast Europe UK United States América Latina en Catalunya España maailma.net Nederland Unimondo.org Unseulmonde.ca Radio Radio SEEurope AIDS Radio OneWorld TV AIDS Channel CanalSIDA (en España) Digital Opportunity Kids Channel Learning Channel Itrainonline.org NEWS IN DEPTH PARTNERS GET INVOLVED ... OUR NETWORK 09 June 2004 OneWorld Africa English Full Coverage: Forests If you wish to look further into some topics fill out the search criteria below or select from the menu on the left. keyword topic select Development Capacity building Children Cities Agriculture Aid Education Emergency relief Energy Fisheries Food Intermediate technology International cooperation Labour Land Migration Population Poverty Refugees Social exclusion Tourism Transport Volunteering Water/sanitation Youth Economy Consumption Corporations Credit and investment Debt Finance Microcredit Business Trade Environment Climate change Conservation Environmental activism Forests Genetics Animals Nuclear Issues Atmosphere Oceans Pollution Biodiversity Renewable energy Rivers Soils Health Disease AIDS Infant mortality Malaria Narcotics Nutrition/malnutrition Human rights Civil rights Disability Gender Indigenous rights Race politics Religion Sexuality Social exclusion Communication Culture Freedom of expression ICT Internet Knowledge Media Science Politics

72. BCGEU: Save Our Forests & Environment Services Save our forests environment services, POSTERS A series of posters have been producedto draw attention to the cuts in the forests and environment ministries. http://www.bcgeu.ca/index.php4?id=1049

73. Bama Environmental News time you can truly celebrate Earth Day doing your part for the environment. identifiedmany of the interests, needs and attitudes of Alabama s forests owners http://www.bamanews.com/

Search our archives, from 1998 to the present. View our new 2004 Spring Calendar. Sign a petition to help save our environment! Click here! Click here to send this site to a friend Bama Environmental News May 28, 2004 1) Dept. of Interior and IP Sign Landmark Enviro Agreement 2) "Save Orphaned Wildlife" Campaign Launched 3) Jefferson County Household Hazardous Waste Day Results 4) Alabama to Receive Beach Protection Monies ... 5) BEN Notes: Nature's Lens Opening, 15th Annual Cahaba Lily Festival, Alabama Annual Groundwater Conference, National Trails Day in the Shoals, In Memory of Ken Dillon BEN Special Appeal As of today, the 2004 special appeal for BEN charities have garnered only 2 contributions since May 17th. In lieu of a subscription, please consider contributing to one of the BEN charities. Information on the organizations and where to give can be found at : http://www.bamanews.com/donation.html In Celebration of Rachel Carson's Birthday "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder.... he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." -

74. Statistics Canada: Canadian Statistics: The Land: Environment Canadian Statistics. environment. forests Air Water Animal and plant lifeenvironment industry environmental practices and pollution control. http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/enviro.htm

Canadian Statistics Environment Forests Air Water Animal and plant life ... Environmental practices and pollution control Check out Learning resources for activities and lesson plans that use some environment tables. Canadian Statistics Environment Forests Disposal of waste by source, by provinces and territories Forest fires and forest land burned, by cause, by provinces, territories and national parks Forest land harvested and clearcut, by provinces and territories Reforestation, area seeded and area planted with seedlings, by provinces and territories ... Environment Air Number of days ground-level ozone exceeded objective Canadian Statistics Environment Water Major withdrawal uses of water Canadian Statistics Environment Animal and plant life Species extinct or at risk, by risk category and family Canadian Statistics Environment Environment industry Total and environmental revenues by industry Total and environmental revenues, by provinces and territories Canadian Statistics Environment Environmental practices and pollution control Expenditures on environmental protection by industry and activity Government pollution abatement and control expenditures see also Primary industries Home Search Contact Us ... Important Notices

75. GEO-2000: Chapter Two: The State Of The Environment - North America - Forests Global environment Outlook 2000. Chapter Two The State of the environment North America - forests. UNEP Global environment Outlook http://www1.unep.org/geo-text/0097.htm

UNEP Global Environment Outlook 2000 Next: Biodiversity Previous: Land and food Contents Chapter Two: The State of the Environment ... North America Forests Forest extent, 1990 and 1995 (Click to download image) Source: FAO 1997a North America is home to 13 per cent of the world's forests. While their area is increasing, their quality is still deteriorating Forests are one of the most prominent features of North America, covering about 25 per cent of the land area (FAO 1997b). North American forests constitute a rich resource, providing economic and recreational benefits, as well as watershed protection, wildlife habitat, and many other ecological services. The 460 million hectares of forests in Canada and the United States which are managed for commercial purposes comprise about 13 per cent of the world's total (FAO 1997b). The past 100 years have brought both gains and losses to North America's regional forest cover, with substantial regrowth in the eastern United States and Canada. Overall, the extent of forest cover has stabilized in many parts of the region. The quality of North America's forests, however, has deteriorated. While the world's second largest expanse of intact, natural forest is in the boreal regions of North America, forests in the United States are becoming increasingly fragmented and biologically impoverished, invaded by exotic species, or lacking in the characteristics that support viable populations of indigenous species (Bryant and others 1997).

76. State Of The World's Forests 1999 Environmental And Social Services Of Forests forests on small islands have an important role in protecting watersheds,maintaining good water supplies and protecting the marine environment. http://www.fao.org/docrep/W9950E/w9950e04.htm

PART I - SITUATION AND PROSPECTS FOR FOREST CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Environmental and social services of forests The environmental and social services of forests and trees include, among others, the conservation of biological diversity, carbon storage and sequestration for mitigation of global climate change, soil and water conservation, provision of employment and recreational opportunities, enhancement of agricultural production systems, improvement of urban and peri-urban living conditions and protection of natural and cultural heritage. These services have received increasing emphasis and, in some cases, global legal commitment since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The following section focuses on environmental and social services provided by forests and trees in fragile and/or marginal ecosystems: in drylands, on mountains and in small island states. A second major topic discussed below is the role of forests in mitigating global climate change, a subject given greater prominence with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in 1997. THE ROLE OF FOREST RESOURCES IN FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS Although forests in arid zones, in some mountain areas and on small islands generally have lower economic value in terms of timber resources than do humid lowland forests, they often have high environmental and social importance at the local level. These environmentally fragile areas tend to be isolated and economically marginalized. Under such conditions, people generally have a relatively high dependence on local forest resources for various goods.

77. JGI | Roots & Shoots | Activities | Environment Activity for the environment forests Water. Activityfor the environment forests Water. http://www.janegoodall.ca/rs/rs_activ_enviro_forest.html

T-Shirts Books Posters CD-ROMs ... Others Choose a topic: Sample Activity Ideas Activity for Animals Activity for the Environment Forests Water Activity for the Community Dr. Goodalls' lookout at Gombe ACTIVITY for the ENVIRONMENT Protect Your Forests! Reclaim our forests, symbol of our national heritage Forests are increasingly used for recreation and tourism. Discuss with your class how forests are important to you as a place for recreation or perhaps refuge from the urban life. If you have any camping trip or other wilderness stories, do no hesitate to share them with your classmates. Go out and see for yourself Do not forget to be properly equipped with a map of the area, a compass, a survival kit, binoculars, and a few guides to trees and shrubs of Canada, and other books, which can make the field trip even more interesting. Have your school join the Protect-an-Acre program with the Rainforest Action Network. http://kids.ran.org/kidscorner/ - Start a recycling program in your school. - Use your arts and craft skills to make your own paper.

78. Forestry Commission - Scotland - Environment environment and wildlife. We aim to ensure that Scotland s trees, woodsand forests make a positive contribution to the environment . http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/hcou-4ucg4q

Quick links England Forestry strategy Communities in England ... education environment and wildlife recreation related news scotland's forests the forestry industry environment and wildlife 'We aim to ensure that Scotland's trees, woods and forests make a positive contribution to the environment'. Scottish Forestry Strategy We will conserve and improve the biodiversity of our forests and woods by, amongst other things, promoting good environmental practice in the management of our production forests; by encouraging the use of Forest Plans that enable a coherent, comprehensive and long term view to be taken of their management; by working to increase the area of old growth stands and the use of systems which encourage 'continuous cover'. Supporting and enhancing biodiversity We will help to implement the relevant Native Woodland Habitat Action Plans and Species Action Plans Scotland's forests and woodlands In the past ten years Scotland's forest resource has become increasingly diverse and more natural looking through the use of open space and encouraging the increased use of native and broadleaved trees, often planted in mosaics along with more productive conifers. This brings further environmental benefits, as well as providing a haven for wildlife. In addition, our forests provide a variety of wonderful opportunities for recreation and education.

79. Science, Environment: Forests And Rainforests ODI Forest Policy and environment Group FPEG seeks to inform the processes ofpolicy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and http://www.combose.com/Science/Environment/Forests_and_Rainforests/

Top Science Environment Forests and Rainforests ... Forestry Research Centres Related links of interest: Science:Environment:Biodiversity Science:Biology:Botany:Dendrology Science:Biology:Ecology:Ecosystems Science:Agriculture:Forestry ... APFT - Multi-disciplinary project sponsored by the European Community which aims to investigate and document the future of the peoples of the rainforest. Involves over 30 researchers in the Caribbean, central Africa and the southwestern Pacific. Site is for the use of anthropologists and others to promote wider access to information concerning the earth's rainforests and its people. African Blackwood Conservation Project - A non-profit organization devoted to replanting this threatened species in Tanzania. Blackwood is the premier wood of choice for fine concert-quality woodwind instruments, and the tree plays a vital role in the ecology of the East African savannah. Alaska Rainforest Campaign - Coalition of regional and national environmental groups working to protect and restore the last great expanse of temperate rain forest in North America. Site includes information about forests and rainforests. Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme - The Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme works on two interlinked global problems: rural poverty and the environmental effects of deforestation in the humid tropics.

80. Rainforest Resources tropical forests are our greatest living laboratories. They are an untapped libraryof resources for medicine, food, human welfare and the global environment, http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/tflives.html

Back to Rainforest Resources Tropical Forests in Our Daily Lives Our Global Pharmacy In tropical forest regions, over 2000 tropical plants have been identified as having anti-cancer properties.  However, scientiests have only tested 1 in 10 tropical forest plants for these properties and only intensively screened 1 in 100. Tropical forests have given us chemicals to treat or cure inflammation, rheumatism, diabetes, muscle tension, surgical complications, malaria, heart conditions, skin diseases, arthritis, glaucoma, and hundreds of other maladies. Forests offer stimulants, tranquilizers, contraceptives (like "the pill" which gets its active ingredient from the Mexican forest yam), and perhaps someday soon, a cure for AIDS. (In 1987, researchers found a tree compound from the Malaysian rainforest that was 100% effective against the HIV-1 virus. Sadly, they were never able to find that tree again.) [Source: "The Value of Plant Collections and Collecting to Society" by Robert Cook, Harvard University, in the July 1997 issue of Public Garden a publication of American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, in Kennett Square, PA, 610-925-2500]

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