 The
2005 World Resources
Report, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme,
the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank and the World
Resources Institute was launched
on Wednesday 31 August 2005, at a timely moment in the lead up to
the mid-September 2005 World Summit in NY.
World Resources 2005 is about simple propositions that resonate with
the 2005 Summit agenda. Its main message is that “natural resources
and ecosystems can be a route to wealth creation when good governance
empowers the poor”. The report details the steps necessary to
empower the poor to use ecosystems both wisely and for wealth. It also
highlights that tenure, access, representation and decentralization
through Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) –
are the changes required to bring power to the poor. Through dozens
of case studies, the report traces a path to greater environmental income
and demonstrates how local stewardship of nature can be a powerful means
of fighting poverty when the right regulatory frameworks are in place.
Copies of the report, graphics and other materials can be downloaded
from the World
Resources Institute website. Versions in Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese,
French, Dutch and Norwegian are also available online.
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