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World Resources Institute explores
issues at the intersection
of environmental protection
and economic development.
Work focuses on protecting
Earth's living systems, increasing
access to information, reversing
global warming, and creating
sustainable enterprise and
opportunity. The scale of
WRI's activity ranges from
local studies to national,
regional, and global assessments.
Visit the following links
for WRI results in the following
areas:
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Agriculture and food
Adopting greater stewardship of agricultural ecosystems.
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Business and economics
Harnessing the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges.
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Climate change, energy, and transportation
Halt changes to the Earth's climate caused by human activity.
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Coastal and marine ecosystems
Improving the management of marine resources and the security of people who depend on them.
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Forests, grasslands and drylands
Promoting stewardship in and around the world's frontier forests, grasslands, and drylands.
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Governance and institutions
Identifying ways to collaborate in the promotion of an environmental agenda.
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People and ecosystems
Safeguarding natural systems that support life on earth.
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Population, health and human well-being
Exploring links between environmental quality and human health.
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Resource and materials use
Breaking the connection between expanded prosperity and increased use of materials and generation of wastes.
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Water resources and freshwater ecosystems
Improving human access to clean and reliable water supplies and reversing watershed degradation.
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World Resources report, WRI's premier
guide to the global environment, takes
the broadest view of current issues and
trends. Recent editions explore these
themes:
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