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MEDIA KIT: World Resources 2002-2004

World Resources 2002-2004 examines how we make environmental decisions and who makes them, which is the process of environmental governance.

News releases

2003 July 10. "Landmark report urges governance reforms to arrest decline of world’s environment". A landmark report released today calls for fundamental changes in how decisions are made concerning the world’s natural resources.

2003 July 10. "Histórico informe insta a que se lleven a cabo reformas de gobernabilidad para detener el deterioro del medio ambiente mundial". Un histórico informe dado a conocer el día de hoy hace un llamado para que se realicen cambios fundamentales en la manera como se toman las decisiones sobre los recursos naturales.

2003 July 10. "Un rapport novateur exhorte à adopter des réformes de gouvernance pour arrêter le déclin de l'environnement du monde". Un rapport novateur paru aujourd'hui appelle à changer fondamentalement la façon dont les décisions portant sur les ressources naturelles du monde sont prises.

2003 July 10. "Ny rapport anbefaler regeringsreformer at sætte en stopper for verdens miljøets forfald".

Background information

Radio Release: Decisions from the Earth report. A landmark report released July 10, 2003 calls for fundamental changes to how and who makes decisions concerning the world's natural resources.

Remarks by Frances Seymour, Director, Institutions and Governance Program, WRI, July 10, 2003 at the launch of World Resources 2002-2004. What’s environmental governance? It’s about who gets to make decisions that affect the environment. It’s about how we apportion the benefits of exploiting natural resources, and the costs of protecting ecosystems.

Remarks by John Redwood, Director, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Latin America and Carribean Region, The World Bank, July 10, 2003 at the launch of World Resources 2002-2004. World Resources 2002-2004 provides many examples as to how improved environmental governance – decisions taken with greater transparency, stakeholder participation and public accountability – can and does contribute to more desirable environmental

Publications and papers

	Authors: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (UNDP), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (UNEP), Banco Mundial (World Bank), y Instituto de Recursos Mundiales (WRI) [Ecoespaña, Madrid]. 2004. Recursos Mundiales 2004: Decisiones para la Tierra: Equilibrio, voz y poder. La mala gestión de los recursos naturales acrecienta la división entre países pobres y ricos, hipoteca las posibilidades de futuro de millones de seres humanos y evidencia la diferencia, en muchos casos, entre la democracia y un sistema autoritario.
	Authors: World Resources Institute. 2003. Journalist guide to World Resources 2002-2004. A 20-page document that summarizes the key findings of the 9-chapter, 300-page book -- *World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power*.
	Authors: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute. 2003. World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power. This edition focuses on the importance of good environmental governance by exploring how citizens, government managers, and business owners can foster better environmental decisions that meet the needs of people and ecosystems with equity and balance.

2003 July 10

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