2005, ISBN: 1-56973-582-4 (264 pages)

United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, The World Bank, World Resources Institute

A report that challenges conventional approaches is released today at a critical moment in the battle against poverty. The report, World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty, stresses the urgent need to look beyond aid projects, debt relief and trade reform and focus on local natural resources to address the crisis of poverty in all parts of the globe.

"Traditional assumptions about addressing poverty treat the environment almost as an afterthought," said Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute (WRI). "This report addresses the stark reality of the poor: three-fourths of them live in rural areas; their environment is all they can depend on. Environmental resources are absolutely essential, rather than incidental, if we are to have any hope of meeting our goals of poverty reduction."

Journalist Guide to World Resources 2005
(279 KB)
This guide is designed as a quick and helpful reference to the book for journalists.

Case study excerpts from World Resources 2005
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Highlights from three of the five real-world examples demonstrating how environmental stewardship through governance leads to poverty relief.

News release announcing World Resources 2005: Chinese
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World Resources 2005: Brochure
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World Resources 2005 Data Tables
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A statistical appendix, a compilation of country-level data culled from a variety of sources including a selection of data on global poverty and, in particular, on how the poor use natural resources.

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