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People & Ecosystems

WRI's goal is to reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services. more >>

Our solutions are focused on:

Forest management	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Poverty & equity	Sustainable business & markets
Ecosystem services	Ecosystem data, maps, & tools

Highlights

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon and its People From the Risks of Oil and Gas Development. Environmental organizations are teaming up to help indigenous and isolated tribes gain land rights and other fundamental protections from threatening economic development. (October 25, 2007)

China Competes for a Medal in Pollution Control. China is adding pollution control measures in advance of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. But the basic problem remains: with explosive economic growth in the world's most populous country, and few controls on waste and emissions, what does it mean for the rest of the world? And what can China do? WRI consultant Debbie Seligsohn talks about China and the environment on KCRW. (October 11, 2007)

Ecuador's Proposal to Save Yasuni Rainforest Recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative As a Step Towards Reducing Emissions. The Ecuadorian proposal "Leaving Ecuador's Oil in the Ground," which seeks to avoid carbon emissions and save the Yasuni Rainforest, has been recognized from among close to a thousand other proposals to the Clinton Global Initiative. (September 27, 2007)

Painting the Picture of Tropical Tree Cover Change: Central Africa. The dispersed nature of forest change, combined with an often dense cloud cover, means that multiple satellite-mapping technologies should be employed to comprehensively monitor the Congo Basin forests. (September 19, 2007)

Painting the Picture of Tropical Tree Cover Change: Indonesia. Indonesian forests are being depleted at alarming rates, destroying many endangered species habitats, driven by logging and conversion to plantations for palm oil. (September 6, 2007)