The BP oil spill will degrade critical ecosystem services and their economic benefits for decades to come.
This week, governments will meet in Korea to decide whether to establish an intergovernmental panel on biodiversity services.
WRI’s Lauretta Burke discusses her work on measuring the economic value of coral reefs in the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries.
By losing forest, the United States also loses one of its best defenses against climate change.
Investing in ecosystem services will help MDBs improve the livelihoods of the poor.
GDP is no longer the gold standard for measuring a country’s progress.
SeeSouthernForests.org provides a new way to learn about – and protect – the forests of the southern United States.
The World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are revising their environmental strategies for development planning. As they do so, they can and should integrate nature’s ecosystem services into their planning and decisions, says a new WRI report.
WHAT: For the seventh straight year, Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute, will hold a briefing for journalists to preview key environmental issues to watch this year.
Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), will brief journalists on January 7 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on upcoming environmental issues in 2010, including climate, business action, water, forests and more.
