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WRI Publications: OUT OF PRINT Alphabetical

This list includes reports that are no longer available in print form. See publications by title for information about titles not listed here.

2003. 2003 BELL Conference notebook Examined educational lessons that arise from the interplay between enterprises seeking sustainability and the context in which they operate. 2003 BELL Conference was organized by WRI and the Council for Sustainable Florida, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Educational Alliance for a Sustainable Florida, and Florida Atlantic University's College of Business

1997. Are developing countries already doing as much as industrialized countries to slow climate change? Challenges the popular argument that current negotiations to strengthen the international climate treaty would require industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while developing countries do nothing. Walter V. Reid and José Goldemberg

1993. Biodiversity indicators for policy-makers Provides a framework for assessing biodiversity conditions and trends at local, national, regional, and global levels. It presents 22 indicators that can guide conservation decision-making. Walter V. Reid, Jeffrey A. McNeely, Daniel B. Tunstall, Dirk A. Bryant, and Manuel Winograd

2000. Coming Clean: Corporate disclosure of financially significant environmental risks How some companies are failing to disclose their exposure to financially material environmental issues -- running counter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and preventing investors from accurately valuing these companies. Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin

1994. Engendering Central American forestry management: The integration of women in forest policy initiatives The authors describe a unique initiative to integrate and support gender equity in Central American forest management. While impediments to gender integration persist, the Central American experience offers useful lessons for other regions. Lori Ann Thrupp and Arleen Mayorga

1994. Environmental partnerships: Field guide for government agencies One in a series of three, this handbook is filled with real-life examples, this handbook offers step-by-step guidance for selecting projects, locating partners, negotiating agreements, and securing financing. WRI Management Institute for Environment and Development

1994. Environmental partnerships: Field guide for nonprofit organizations and community interests One in a series of three, this handbook is filled with real-life examples, this handbook offers step-by-step guidance for selecting projects, locating partners, negotiating agreements, and securing financing. WRI Management Institute for Environment and Development

1992. A estratégia global da biodiversidade En ese sistema vasto e interdependiente que llamamos Tierra, los seres vivientes interacion y dependen de la atmosfera, los oceanos, el agua dulce, las rocas y los suelos. World Resources Institute

1994. Evaluating the carbon sequestration benefits of sustainable forestry projects in developing countries Presents a unique methodology for testing and comparing the carbon-offset potential of a broad range of forestry schemes. Paul Faeth, Cheryl Cort, and Robert Livernash

1994. Handing it over: An analysis of the legal and policy framework of community forestry in Nepal An analysis of the political, legislative, historical, and physical backgrounds that affect forest managment in Nepal and how to empower local communities to take on forest management. Kirk Talbott and Shantam Khadka

2000. Oil as a finite resource: When is global production likely to peak? Energy is the lifeblood of the world's economy, the underlying means by which modern societies function. The interruption of supplies by natural or man-made events demonstrates how totally dependent we have become on the energy-consuming machines. James J. MacKenzie

2002. State of Venezuela's forests: A case study of the Guayana Region Provides the best available data on Guayana Region forest threats, including population increases, changes in settlement patterns, road building, and the allocation of logging and mining concessions. Mariapía Bevilacqua, Lya Cardenas, Ana Liz Flores, et. al

1997. Sullied seas: Strategies for combating cyanide fishing in Southeast Asia Cyanide fishing is responsible for damaging coral reef habitats throughout the Indo-Pacific region and is spreading quickly as fishers respond to market demand for ornamental and edible fish. Charles Victor Barber and Vaughan R. Pratt

1993. Surviving the cut: Natural forest management in the humid tropics Supported by analyses of forestry techniques, case studies, and the effects of trade bans, boycotts, and timber-certification programs, this report offers recommendations to promote more sustainable management of humid tropical forests. Nels C. Johnson and Bruce Cabarle

1992. The United States needs a national biodiversity policy Builds a convincing case that, while there is room for improving the Endangered Species Act, the long-term solution to the problems raised by the Act's implementation lies in preventing species from becoming endangered in the first place. Walter V. Reid

 
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