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PRESS RELEASE: WRI Expands Capacity in International Forest and Ecosystems Work

March 16, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Two new leaders, Nigel Sizer and Robert Winterbottom, added to roster

Corporate Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the Agricultural Sector: Proposed Accounting and Reporting Steps

Working Paper: January, 2011

This paper suggests greenhouse gas accounting and reporting procedures for the agricultural sector, based on the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

Environmental Stories to Watch in 2011

By Maggie Barron on January 6, 2011

WRI President Jonathan Lash previews the key environmental issues to watch in 2011.

Food for Thought

By Jonathan Lash on December 30, 2010

We are on a collision course between ecosystems and food. How we resolve this issue over the coming years will be a key to preserving biodiversity and human well-being.

PRESS EVENT: World Resources Institute’s 8th Annual “Stories to Watch in 2011”

December 22, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT

Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute, will hold a briefing for journalists to preview key environmental issues in 2011.

Having Your Food and Forests, Too

By Moray McLeish and Craig Hanson on November 17, 2010

Expanding agriculture onto already degraded lands could relieve pressure on the world’s remaining forests.

Enabling tropical countries to boost their economies and feed global populations whi

The Time Value of Carbon and Carbon Storage: Clarifying the terms and the policy implications of the debate

Working Paper: November, 2010

This working paper explores the value of temporary carbon storage, as well as the implications of those temporary storage values for several critical policy design questions relating to greenhouse gas accounting and biological offsets.

Biodiversity Summit Must Tackle Destructive Impacts of Food Production

By Janet Ranganathan and Frances Irwin on October 21, 2010

Nagoya delegates need to plan how the world achieves food security, before ecosystems reach critical tipping points.

New Maps Guide Livestock and Economic Planning in Uganda

By Scott Thompson on October 4, 2010

A new set of state-of-the art maps will help Uganda target livestock infrastructure investments and reduce poverty.

Mapping a Better Future: Spatial Analysis and Pro-Poor Livestock Strategies in Uganda

Norbert Henninger, Florence Landsberg, with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the International Livestock Research Institute

October, 2010

This report uses mapping data to examine the spatial relationships between poverty, livestock production systems, the location of livestock services, in order to ensure that government investments in the livestock sector benefit smallholders and high-poverty locations.

Tsetse Distributions, Uganda

September 10, 2010

It is estimated that some 70 percent of Uganda is infested with 11 species of tsetse, each of which occupies a different ecological niche.

Dairy Development Hubs and Poverty Rate by Subcounty, Uganda

September 10, 2010

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Poverty Density by Subcounty in High Milk Surplus Areas, Uganda

September 10, 2010

A milk surplus and deficit map can be compared with maps showing poverty rates and poverty densities in order to plan more pro-poor dairy interventions.

Poverty Rate by Subcounty in Milk Deficit Areas, Uganda

September 10, 2010

A milk surplus and deficit map can be compared with maps showing poverty rates and poverty densities in order to plan more pro-poor dairy interventions.

Uganda: Potential Milk Surplus and Deficit by Parish, 2002

September 10, 2010

This map compares potential local milk supply and demand and shows clear patterns of net milk surplus and deficit. The map comes from an analysis using geographic information system (GIS) data coup

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