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News release archive

This archive features news releases prior to this year. This information is maintained as a historical record of WRI's activities and provide background information on ongoing research and collaborative activities at WRI. Some pre-1996 news releases do not appear in this archive.

  • 2005. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reports released; Cameroon agreement cuts illegal logging, Human activities threaten Caribbean coral reefs, Experts warn ecosystem changes will continue to worsen, Environmental loophole in standards for Multilateral Development Banks, World Resources 2005: Natural resources as path out of poverty, Bus rapid transit in Mexico City, Issues to watch in 2006
  • 2004. Climate Analysis Indicator Tool, New Ventures in Latin America and China, fuel economy standards, vehicle emissions, Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean, Climate Change Treaty and Kyoto Protocol, GHG Reporting Standard
  • 2003. World Resources 2002-2004; Climate Convention negotiations in Milan; Mining; Shanghai Sustainable Transport Project; Green business competition; Chicago Climate Exchange; Milllennium Ecosystem Assessment; Green Power purchases; Calculating greenhouse gas emissions; river basins/watersheds database; hypoxia, U.S. water quality; The Skeptical Environmentalist
  • 2002. Environmental information on Middle East; World Summit on Sustainable Development (JohannesburgGreen power; EMBARQ; Global trends; Coral reefs in Southeast Asia; Illegal logging in Indonesia, Cameroon; Winter Olympics and global warming.
  • 2001. Water scarcity, ecosystem declines, destruction of world's coastal areas; Digital technologies and the digital divide; United Nations to study earth's ecosystems; Bush administration and Climate Change Convention/Kyoto Protocol negotiations; Deforestation rates higher than estimated; EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal.
  • 2000. World Resources 2000-2001 (People and ecosystems); Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE) -- grasslands, forests, freshwater; Global Forest Watch findings for Central Africa and Canada; Green power markets; Green business plans; Digital Dividends conference.
  • 1999. WRI's green office space and CO2 commitment; Children exposed to life-threatening air pollution; Measuring and reporting CO2 emissions.
  • 1998. Reefs at Risk global indicators; Electronics industry and climate change; Venezuela's forest resources; World Resources 1998-99 (Environmental change and human health).
  • 1997. Last Frontier Forests report and maps; United Nations Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol.
  • 1996. World Resources 1996-97 (Urban environment); Management Institute for Environment and Development (MEB) merges with WRI; Pesticides and human health; Benefits of US farm subsidy cuts, forest policy reform in Guyana.
  • 1995. National Biodiversity Planning; Coastlines at risk; Corporate environmental accounting.
  • 1992. The Rio Earth Summit; Global Biodiversity Strategy; World Resources 1992-93.
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