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World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty
Four steps to greater environmental income for the rural poor
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Manage Ecosystems Better for Higher Productivity
Improve the stewardship of ecosystems by adopting an ecosystem approach to management
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World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty
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The Bottom Line: The Principal Messages from World Resources 2005
World Resources 2005: Select graphics
World Resources 2005: Table of Contents
Foreword: Making the Wealth of Nature Work for the Poor
Chapter 1: Nature, Power, and Poverty
Chapter 2: Ecosystems and the Livelihoods of the Poor
Chapter 3: The Role of Governance
Chapter 4: Four Steps to Greater Environmental Income
Four steps to greater environmental income for the rural poor
Step 1. More Income Through Better Ecosystem Management
Step 2. Getting the Governance Right: Empowering the Poor to Profit from Nature
Box 4.1. Negotiating indigenous tenure rights in Bolivia
Box 4.2 Fair trade certification: Rural producers meet the world
Step 3. Commercializing Ecosystem Goods and Services
Box 4.3 Serving the poor profitably: A private-sector approach to poverty
Step 4. Augmenting Nature's Income Stream: Payment for environmental services
Box 4.4 Paying the poor for environmental stewardship
Beyond Environmental Income
Box 4.5 Globalization, Governance, and Poverty
Chapter 4: References
Chapter 5: Turning Natural Assets Into Wealth: Case studies
Special Section: Global Development Policies -- Making the MDGs and PRSPs Work for the Poor and the Environment
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