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- October 27, 2000
Lessons From the 1997-98 El Nino: Once Burned, Twice Shy?
United Nations University 27 Oct 2000 Thousands of human casualties and tens of billions of dollars in economic damage will continue to befall the world’s
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- December 3, 1999
Greening the WTO: Five Things the World Trade Body Should Do — And One it Should Not
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg Canada’s International Institute for Sustainable Development, in a departure from the position adopted by most organizations dealing in
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- October 26, 1999
Environmental Crisis As Seen By World Youth: “Don’t Treat Earth As Poorly As Parents Have”
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Pachamama, Our Earth, Our Future, is launched as educational guide for youth to environmental problems, solutions The Earth’s condition is
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- October 16, 1999
Africa may be able to feed just 40% of its population in 2025
United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa Soil Infertility, Malnutrition at Root of Half of African Child Deaths Today; Needed to Bring Land
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- September 15, 1999
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2000: UNEP launches definitive study of global environmental crisis – concludes time is running out
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) – the most authoritative assessment ever of
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- April 19, 1999
Blueprint to Solve Global Forest Crisis Presented by Top World Leaders World Commission Proposes New Political Structure to Save World’s Forests
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development Ola Ullstein The world can satisfy its material needs from forests without jeopardizing their ecological services, says the
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- March 18, 1999
Unsafe Water: 3.3 Billion Illnesses and 5.3 Million Deaths Yearly Price Tab for Safe Water $50 to $105 Per Person
United Nations University, Tokyo 18 March 1999 Clean, safe water can be brought to the 1.4 billion people around the world without it for as
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- October 21, 1998
Canadian-based U.N. Water/Environment Program Reports Year 2 Progress to International Advisors Meeting at McMaster
UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada First UNU-INWEH news release, 1998, click here “I am pleased to learn of the progress made to date by UNU/INWEH and proud