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World Resources Institute Working at the intersection of environment & human needs

WRI's goal is to protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change.

WRI's Governance goal is to guarantee public access to information and decisions regarding natural resources and the environment.

WRI's Markets & Enterprise goal is to harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment.

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

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March 20, 2006

Maps Show Diverse, Widespread Human Pressures on Brazilian Amazon Forests

Half of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is under pressure from an array of human activities, according to figures released today in unison with a report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Imazon.

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March 14, 2006

World Resources Institute Elects Gretchen Long, Dr. Diana H. Wall to Board

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected two new members to its board of directors: Gretchen Long, and Dr. Diana H. Wall.

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March 13, 2006

Note to Correspondents: WRI Review of Climate Science in 2005 Shows Current Impacts of Global Climate Change

The World Resources Institute today released a review of last year’s major climate research. The studies indicate how changes due to human-induced climate change are already having quantifiable effects on the environment.