Books from World Resources Institute
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Minding the Carbon Store: Weighing U.S. Forestry Strategies to Slow Global Warming
By Mark C. TrexlerMinding the Carbon Store: Weighing U.S. Forestry Strategies to Slow Global Warming
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Watershed Governance: Livelihoods and Resource Competition in the Mountains of Mainland Southeast Asia
By Blake D. RatnerAn examination of the challenges of managing the upper watersheds of mainland South East Asia, taking local livelihoods and resource competition as its point of departure. It presents the factors...
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National Biodiversity Planning: Guidelines Based on Early Experiences Around the World
By United Nations Environment Programme, World Resources Institute, Kenton MillerNational Biodiversity Planning: Guidelines Based on Early Experiences Around the World
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The Weight of Nations: Material Outflows from Industrial Economies
By Emily MatthewsThis work is the second product of a collaboration between the World Resources Institute and research partners in Europe and Japan. Its task is to document the materials that flow...
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Driving Forces: Motor Vehicle Trends and Their Implications for Global Warming, Energy Strategies, and Transportation Planning
By World Resources Institute, Michael P. Walsh, James John MacKenzieDriving Forces: Motor Vehicle Trends and Their Implications for Global Warming, Energy Strategies, and Transportation Planning
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Lessons from the Ground Up: African Development that Works
By Peter G. Veit, A. C. Mascarenhas, Okyeame Ampadu-AgyeiThis report makes the case for policies and programmes that promote local-level natural resource management in Africa. Synthesizing various analyses of community resource management, the authors identify key determinants to...
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Transboundary Environmental Governance: Principles and Practice in Mainland Southeast Asia
By Nathan BadenochThis report explores options for enhancing regional environmental governance in Southeast Asia. It characterizes transboundary environmental challenges in MSEA, and examines the political, economic and environmental response to these challenges...
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Environment, Livelihoods, and Local Institutions: Decentralization in Mainland Southeast Asia
By Nathan Badenoch, Mairi Kristina DuparAn analysis of how decentralization reforms are changing local institutions for natural resource management in mainland Southeast Asia. The focus is on mountainous areas where impoverished populations struggle to preserve...
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The Keys to the Car: Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles for the 21st Century
By World Resources Institute, James John MacKenzieAfter reviewing the problems of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, this report explains why many alternative fuels will not solve them, calling instead for the introduction of electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicles. The author...
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Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
By Lauretta Marie Burke, Jonathan MaidensMany coastal communities in Latin America and the Caribbean depend on the resources provided by reefs for their livelihoods. The Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project is a response...
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Money to Burn?: The High Costs of Energy Subsidies
By Mark Nicholas KosmoMoney to Burn?: The High Costs of Energy Subsidies
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Has Environmental Protection Really Reduced Productivity Growth?: We Need Unbiased Measures
By Robert C. RepettoThe indicators for economic productivity in the US began to lag in the early 1970s just when major new environmental laws came into effect. It has been argued that this...
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An Overview of Logging in Cameroon: A Global Forest Watch Report
By Henriette BikiéThe familiar cycle of poverty, lack of adequate government oversight, and the surge in development associated with global markets invariably take their toll on the environment. This detailed report provides...
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Waiting for Democracy: The Politics of Choice in Natural Resource Decentralization
By Jesse Craig RibotDecentralizations and other environmental governance reforms are taking place around the world. They are affecting and reconfiguring the local institutions that are the basis of natural resource management. Little is...
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Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermarkets: Challenges in Latin America's Agricultural Export Boom
By Lori Ann Thrupp, Gilles Bergeron, William F. WatersAn evaluation of levels of agricultural sustainability in the United States and the policy options that are likely to best promote it. This study integrates environmental and economic considerations to...
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Choosing Our Future: Visions of a Sustainable World
By Tanvi Nagpal, Camilla FoltzThis work comprises a collection of essays by geographers, economists and non-professionals, in which they describe their visions for a sustainable future and what they hope the world will be...
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Keeping Options Alive: The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiversity
By Kenton Miller, Walter V. ReidThe diversity of life is an irreplaceable asset to humanity and to the biosphere. It provides both immediate and long-term benefits, and its maintenance is essential to sustainable development worldwide....
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Building on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Protecting the Climate
By Kevin A. BaumertSince 1997, debates over global climate change policy have focused narrowly on the Kyoto Protocol -- an international treaty to control greenhouse gas emissions that are trapping heat in the...
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Africa's Valuable Assets: A Reader in Natural Resource Management
By Peter G. VeitAfrica is perceived by many as backward, war-torn and mysterious. However, while problems abound, the continent also houses considerable resources. This collection of essays highlights problems and opportunities surrounding natural...
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Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems: Coastal Ecosystems
By World Resources Institute, Lauretta Marie Burke, Lauretta BurkePilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE): Coastal Ecosystems analyzes quantitative and qualitative information and develops selected indicators of the condition of the world's coastal ecosystems and marine fisheries. Specifically the...