  
Pulished in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations
Development Programme.
Widely recognized as an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resource base, each World Resources Report
is a definitive reference on the global environment with the latest information on essential economic, population , and
natural resource conditions and trends for nearly every country in the world.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THS EDITION
Population and the Environment
An in-depth look at how rapid population growth in combination with poverty, land distribution, governmental
policies, and other factors contribute to environmental degradation.
Natural Resource Consumption
An authoratative, detailed analysis of patterns of natural resouce consumption in both industrialized and developing
countries.
Women and Sustainable Development
This special report documents how women in developing countries play an essential role in slowing population
growth, improving natural resource management, and achieving the economic, environmental, and social goals of
sustainable development.
Current Trend Report
Incisive summaries of global conditions and trends for mroe than one dozen key topics including population and
heath, food and agriculture, oceans and coasts, energy, wildlife and habitat, and forests and rangelands.
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