MEDIA KIT: From Johannesburg

News releases

• 2002 September 4. "WRI expresses disappointment over many WSSD outcomes". Despite some advances made by negotiators at the WSSD, WRI expressed disappointment in the overall outcomes incorporated in the WSSD Plan of Action.

• 2002 September 3. "WRI praises Russia's commitment to ratify Kyoto Protocol". The Russian Federation's commitment to ratify the Kyoto Protocol clears a major hurdle for this controversial climate treaty to come into force.

• 2002 August 30. "New mapping initiative provides most accurate picture yet of threatened state of world's remaining boreal forests". A new mapping initiative indicates that the long-thought endless sea of unbroken wilderness is fast becoming a myth.

• 2002 August 29. "WRI and partners launch new partnership at World Summit to promote more public participation in decision-making". A partnership provides a way for stakeholders to work together to implement practical solutions to increase public access to information, participation, and justice for environmentally sustainable decisions.

• 2002 August 27. "New WRI report urges more support for public access to environmental information and decision-making". While much has been done by governments to provide public access to environmental information and decision-making, significant gaps remain.

• 2002 August 21. "New WRI reports, projects to be launched during the World Summit in Johannesburg". New studies will be released and new projects launched by WRI during the World Summit in Johannesburg.

• 2002 August 2. "WRI Experts at the Johannesburg Summit". A listing of WRI's experts at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa, Aug. 26-Sept. 4, 2002.

Publications and papers

Authors: Elena Petkova, Crescencia Maurer, Norbert Henninger and Fran Irwin with John Coyle and Gretchen Hoff. 2002. Closing the Gap: Information, participation, and justice in decision-making for the environment. Addresses the status of access to information, participation, and justice in nine countries -- Chile, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and the United States.

Authors: Norbert Henninger and Mathilde Snel. 2002. Where are the poor? Experiences with the development and use of poverty maps. The report highlights the use and impact of poverty maps -- the spatial representation and analysis of human well-being and poverty indicators -- in 14 countries and identifies lessons that can guide future poverty mapping efforts.