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Title: Tomorrow's Amazonia: Using and Abusing the World's Last Great Forests

Organizations: The American Prospect

Date: September 2007

Language: English

Eco-Index Summary: The September 2007 edition of American Prospect magazine features a special report called "Tomorrow's Amazonia: Using and Abusing the World's Last Great Forests" that features 13 articles written by well-known and respected conservationists: "Deforestation and Poor Amazonians" by Mary Allegretti; "The Fractured Landscape" by Philip M. Fearnside; "Biodiversity in Jeopardy" by Michael Goulding and Adrian Forsyth; "Better Governance" by Stephen Schwartzman and Paulo Moutinho; "The Role of the Public Sector" by Anthony Hall; "Till the Cows Come Home" by Mark London and Brian Kelly; "Climate Change and the Forest" by Daniel Nepstad; "The Shielded Guianas" by Mark J. Plotkin; "Deforestation and Global Markets" by Stephen Schwartzman and Paulo Moutinho; "The Search for Solutions" by Roger D. Stone; "Whither Amazonia?" by Thomas E. Lovejoy and Yolanda Kakabadse; "The Economics of Storing Carbon" by Ghillean T. Prance; and "Tomorrow's Amazonia" by Roger D. Stone.

Title: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report

Organizations: Milleniuim Ecosystem Assessment/United Nations

Date: 2005

Language: English, Spanish

Number of Pages: 219

Eco-Index Summary: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report is a comprehensive study of the world's ecosystems, the benefits they provide to the global population, and threats such as natural disasters and invasive species. Compiled by scientists from 95 countries, the report states that 60 percent of ecosystems are being degraded. Also discussed is how poor rural communities are frequently not taken into account in poverty statistics, and that if not addressed, ecosystem degradation will continue to rise.

Title: Guiding Principles for Biodiversity in Development: Lessons from Field Projects

Organizations: World Conservation Union, United Kingdom Department for International Development, and European Commission

Date: 2001

Language: English, Spanish

Number of Pages: 30, with Color Photos, Appendices

Eco-Index Summary: This online version of a 56-page printed report presents the experiences and lessons learned of people involved in biodiversity protection in European Commission partner countries. It was produced by the Biodiversity in Development Project (BDP), a collaborative initiative of the World Conservation Union, United Kingdom Department for International Development, and European Commission. BDP staff condensed the lessons into a set of seven Guiding Principles, which "aim to ensure that development cooperation projects and programmes are effective and sustainable, and take full account of environmental security and biodiversity issues."

Title: 2003 Regional Report: Progress in complying with the Convention on Biological Diversity

Authors: Lorenzo Cardenal, Marisol Dimas, Carlos Rivas Leclair, Francisco de León, Elda Maldonado, Ronald McCarthy, Jorge Quezada, Bayardo Quintero, Oswaldo Sabido , Alberto Salas, María Fernanda Sánchez, Danilo Saravia, Lesbia Sevilla, Lemuel Valle, and Noé Ventura

Organizations: Central American Environment and Development Commission (Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo), in cooperation with the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Consolidation Project, and the World Conservation Union

Date: February 2003

Languages: English, Spanish

Number of pages: 29, with Charts and Bibliography

Eco-Index Summary: This publication is based on national reports and summarizes how Central America has advanced toward the goal of complying with the Biological Diversity Convention. Sections focus on geographical context, an analysis of the progress of each of the seven countries of the region, and an examination of future challenges. Included is information about how the region has progressed in terms of established protected areas, categories of management, legislation, and regional and international cooperation.

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