World Resources 2000-2001 is the result of a unique partnership among the United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and WRI. It is the only instance where UN agencies, a multilateral financial institution, and an NGO work together in a true partnership to determine the content, conclusions, and recommendations of a major report.

World Resources 2000-2001 is the 9th edition of this partnership.The views expressed in this volume are those of staff from each organization and do not necessarily reflect the judgments of the organizations’ boards of directors or member governments.

On-going support for World Resources 2000-2001 is provided by the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, and the World Resources Institute. In addition, some funding provided to the World Resources Institute by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs helped support World Resources 2000-2001.

For this millennial edition, we give special acknowledgement to the generous support of the UN Foundation in improving the presentation and dissemination of the report and to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in increasing international collaboration on the report. We are also grateful to the following institutions (in alphabetical order) that have supported the Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems and the international effort to establish a Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. An important part of World Resources 2000-2001 mission is to disseminate the findings of the PAGE and put forward the rationale for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• AVINA Foundation
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
• The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The World Bank
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Global Bureau

We especially wish to thank our principal partners

From the United Nations Development Programme
Roberto Lenton
Charles McNeil
Ralph Schmidt
Susan Becker
Kristen Lewis

From the United Nations Environment Programme
Dan Classen
Ashbindu Singh
Anna Stabrawa
Marion Cheatle

From the World Bank
Robert Watson
John Dixon
Kirk Hamilton
Stefano Pagiola

Special acknowledgment for support from the United Nations Foundation
Ted Turner
Tim Wirth

We also want to acknowledge publishing support and assistance from: The Magazine Group in Washington, D.C., which designed and typeset World Resources 2000-2001; Elsevier Science Ltd. in Oxford, U.K., the publisher of the English hardcover edition of World Resources; Editions Eska in Paris, France, the publisher of the French edition; Ecoespaña Editorial in Madrid, Spain, the publisher of the Spanish edition; Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan, the publisher of the Japanese edition; Al-Ahram Center for Translation and Publishing in Cairo, Egypt, the publisher of the Arabic edition; and the State Environmental Protection Administration in Beijing, China, the publisher of the Chinese edition.