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Environment


Overviews and Factsheets


Global Environment Outlook 3 - Synthesis Open this link in a new window
Synthesis / overview of the UNEP GEO-3 report - including good overviews of major global environmental issues. PDF format
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

Living Planet Report 2002 - Summary Open this link in a new window
The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems - as measured by the Living Planet Index - and the human pressures on them through the consumption of renewable natural resources - as measured by the Ecological Footprint.
WWF

World Resources 2000-01: Summary Open this link in a new window
From the World Resources 2000-01 report: 'People and Ecosystems; The Fraying Web of Life'. Looks at ecosystems and human impacts on them.
World Resources Institute


Other Key Articles and Documents

Agenda 21 Open this link in a new window
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment. Agenda 21 was adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED or Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992.

Global Environment Outlook 3 - Integrating Environment and Development: 1972-2002 Open this link in a new window
Chapter 1 of the UNEP GEO-3 report. Provides an overview of environment and development issues over the past 30 years. Includes a good overview of major milestones in environmental history and major initiatives of the past 3 decades. (PDF Format)
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme


Reports and Publications

Global Environment Outllook 1 Open this link in a new window
Published in 1997. The first of the UNEP GEO report series
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

Global Environment Outlook 2000 Open this link in a new window
The millennium edition and 2nd of the UNEP GEO series of major global environmental assessment reports.
http://www.grida.no/geo2000/

Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3) Open this link in a new window
One of the leading assessments of the global environment. The study takes a unique look at the policies and environmental impacts of the past 30 years. It then outlines four policy approaches for the next three decades and compares and contrasts the likely impacts on people and the natural world.
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

Living Planet Report 2002 Open this link in a new window
The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems - as measured by the Living Planet Index - and the human pressures on them through the consumption of renewable natural resources - as measured by the Ecological Footprint.
WWF

State of the World 2002 Open this link in a new window
not available online.
WorldWatch Institute

UN GEO: Global Environment Outlook Open this link in a new window
The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series are the flagship publications of UNEP. They present comprehensive and authoritative reviews and analyses of worldwide environmental conditions and trends and the policies and policy instruments available to address them.
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

World Resources 2000-2001-- People and ecosystems: The fraying web of life Open this link in a new window
Prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank, and the World Resources Institute . World Resources 2000-2001 is the definitive guide to the global environment. The millennial edition presents a comprehensive assessment of five of the world's major ecosystems: agroecosystems; coastal and marine ecosystems; forest ecosystems; freshwater systems; grassland ecosystems
World Resources Institute



Other Articles and Documents

World Resources 1996-97: The Urban Environment Open this link in a new window
Focuses on the critical environmental challenges facing the world's rapidly expanding urban areas. Surveys conditions and trends for important global issues. Includes natural resources data for 152 countries
World Resources Institute

World Resources 1998-89: Global Trends Open this link in a new window
From World Resources 1988-89 report. Looks at major environment trends and use and consumption of natural resources.
World Resources Institute

World Resources 1998-99: Environmental Change and Human Health Open this link in a new window
Explores how environmental conditions contribute to the current burden of death and disease around the world and how that may change over the coming decades. Also looks at the current state of the environment as it relates to population and human well-being, consumption and waste, and resources at risk.
World Resources Institute