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Environment key to helping poor

Richard Black, BBC News website environment correspondent, highlights the findings of World Resources 2005. The key Millennium Goal of halving poverty in a decade cannot be met without better environmental protection, according to a new report. The World Resources 2005 document says that most of the world’s poor depend on nature for their income. Its authors say a focus on aid has taken attention away from more complex issues such as the environment. The report is endorsed by the UN, and comes two weeks before a major summit to review progress on the Goals. … Read full article at BBC News