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Video - Foresters Collude with Merchants: Coercing the Mayor to Cut the Forest

By Jesse Ribot on February 12, 2008
Location: Senegal

These films show how Senegal’s Forestry service, forest merchants, and other government agents are blocking local governments from playing their legal role in forest management and use.

Forests Finally Emerging as Climate Issue

By Fred Stolle on January 31, 2008
Location: BALI, INDONESIA

The representatives of more than 100 countries attending December’s U.N. climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, finally focused on the important role tropical forests play in global warming.

Freedom of Information Victory in India

By Lalanath de Silva on January 28, 2008

For the first time in its ten-year history, the National Environmental Appellate Authority* (NEAA) has overturned a decision by the Government of India, quashing an environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Immigration Linked to Degraded Ecosystem

By Karen Bennett on January 17, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Border security is not typically recognized as being tied to environmental changes, but in this recent article by The New York Times, the links are clear. It details how declining fish catches in northwest Africa are fueling immigration to Europe.

Choking Coastal Waters

By Mindy Selman on January 4, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

My team at WRI, together with Dr. Bob Diaz at the Virginia Marine Institute, has identified and mapped 415 eutrophic and hypoxic coastal systems worldwide through an extensive literature review. Of these, 169 are documented hypoxic areas, 233 are areas of concern and 13 are systems in recovery.

Reefs at Risk

Raising awareness of threats to coral reefs and providing information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.

Watershed Analysis for the Mesoamerican Reef

Lauretta Burke, Zachary Sugg, with contributions from: Will Heyman, Shin Kobara, Laurent Cherubin, Christopher Kuchinke, Claire Paris, Johnathan Kool

December, 2006

This analysis quantifies and maps the origins of sediment and nutrient runoff that threatens the Mesoamerican Reef. With it, WRI seeks to inform land-use planning, agriculture, conservation and threat mitigation efforts.

Decentralization of Natural Resources Management: Lessons from Southeast Asia: Case Studies Under REPSI

Yuko Kurauchi, Antonio La Vina, Nathan Badenoch, Lindsey Fransen

May, 2006

Summarizes case studies on decentralization of natural resource management in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It analyzes the type and extent of decentralization and outcomes people and surrounding ecosystems.

Land-based Sources of Threat to Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands

World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

February, 2006

This atlas, developed by WRI and NOAA, provides a series of spatial indicators of watershed-based sources of threat to coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands.

Belize Coastal Threat Atlas

Lauretta Burke, Jon Maidens

September, 2005

The Belize Coastal Threat Atlas contains detailed assessments and mapping of threats to coral reefs in Belize, along with analysis. The project uses a geographical information system (GIS) to visualize and analyze the relationship between human activities and coral reef health.

Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Lauretta Burke, Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Jonathan Kool

September, 2004

Improving coastal resource management and coral reef protection by providing comprehensive information on threats to coral reefs, the value of goods and services provided by these ecosystems, and economic losses that will result from their degradation.

World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power

United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute

July, 2003

This edition focuses on the importance of good environmental governance by exploring how citizens, government managers, and business owners can foster better environmental decisions that meet the needs of people and ecosystems with equity and balance.

Highlighting Coral Reefs in Coastal Planning and Management in Sabah, Malaysia

June 20, 2003

A map-based analysis of human pressure on coral reefs in Sabah, Malaysia, designed to halt reef degradation and improve coastal management.

Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia

Lauretta Burke, Liz Selig (WRI), and Mark Spalding (UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK)

February, 2002

Provides a detailed analysis of threats to coral reefs across Southeast Asia and provides an economic valuation of what will be lost if these threats – destructive fishing, overfishing, marine-based and inland pollution, coastal development – continue.

Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World's Coral Reefs

Dirk Bryant, Lauretta Burke, John McManus, and Mark Spalding

June, 1998

This global, map-based analysis evaluates human pressure on coral reefs worldwide and provides information and tools to better manage coastal habitats.

Note: This analysis has been updated. Please see Reefs at Risk Revisited (2011) for the most recent data.

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