Key issues

• Coral Reefs. The Reefs at Risk project series was designed to address that lack of information available on the status of the world's coral reefs. The project has developed a series of globally-consistent indicators of human pressure on coral reefs.

• Forest Maps Trace the Edges of Industrial Expansion. Latest maps from Global Forest Watch are helping governments and industry understand and manage forest resources.

• Water Quality Trading Cleans Up the Chesapeake. West Virginia uses market solutions to curb nutrient pollution.

• World Resources 2005 Summary Released in French. Ecosystems can be a stepping stone of economic empowerment for the rural poor.

• WRI President Jonathan Lash to Speak at Johns Hopkins University. "Ecosystems, Governance and Poverty: Increasing the Benefits of Development"

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