State of the World Reports
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State of the World 1993January 1993 The world is entering a new era - one in which the future economic progress depends on reversing environmental degradation. Today, environmental degradation is directly affecting national and global economic trends. Grain production per capita has fallen 6 percent since 1984. Soil erosion, thinning if the ozone shield, air pollution, and increased flooding... Purchase this paper
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State of the World 1992January 1992 The world today is either in the early stages of an Environmental Revolution or on the verge of environmental collapse and economic decline. State of the World 1992 portrays a planet at risk. And it shows us that the policy decisions we make during this decade will determine whether our children live in a world of development or decline. Eliminating... Purchase this paper
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State of the World 1991January 1991 As the dust from the cold war settles, the battle to save the planet will replace the battle over ideology as the organizing theme of the new world order. During the twenty years since the first Earth Day in 1970, the earth lost tree cover over an area nearly as large as the United States east of the Mississippi River. Deserts claimed more land than is devoted to... Purchase this paper
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State of the World 1990January 1990 As the world enters the last decade of the century, the environmental problems facing human society have moved to center stage. While awareness of the issues has soared in recent years, no country has yet embarked on the ambitious turnaround strategies needed to make today's societies sustainable. State of the World 1990 focuses on major policy... Purchase this paper
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State of the World 1989January 1989 This sixth annual examination of the world's ecological health by the Worldwatch Institute comes at a time when people are worried about record hot summers, polluted beaches, and drought-induced food shortages. This rising concern results from personal experiences in 1988 reinforced by the news that global warming has arrived, that tropical forests are disappearing... This publication is out of print. |
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State of the World 1988January 1988 In preparing this assessment in each of the last five years, the Worldwatch Institute has in effect given the earth an annual physical examination, checking its vital signs. The readings are not reassuring: The earth's forests are shrinking, its deserts expanding, and its soils eroding - all at record rates. Each year thousands of plant and animal species... Purchase this paper
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State of the World 1987January 1987 "Our relationship with the earth and its natural systems is changing, often in ways that we do not understand," writes former Worldwatch Institute President Lester R. Brown and Senior Researcher Sandra Postel. "The scale of human activities threatens the habitability of the earth itself. A sustainable society satisfies its needs without diminishing the... This publication is out of print. |
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State of the World 1986January 1986 "The collective actions of a world population approaching 5 billion now appear capable of causing continental and even global changes in natural systems," writes former Worldwatch Institute president, Lester R. Brown. "Our security and well-being may be threatened less by the conflicts among nations than by the deteriorating relationship between ourselves... This publication is out of print. |
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State of the World 1985January 1985 This is the second in an annual series of reports that measures worldwide progress in achieving sustainability - the extent to which our economic and social systems are successfully adjusting to changes in the underlying natural resource base. Former Worldwatch Institute president Lester Brown says: "Observers generally agree on the principal actions needed... This publication is out of print. |
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