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Major report stresses natural resources as path out of poverty.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-AUG-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 2005-World Resources Institute: Major report stresses natural resources as path out of poverty(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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LONDON and WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report that challenges conventional approaches is released today at a critical moment in the battle against poverty. The report, World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty, stresses the urgent need to look beyond aid projects, debt relief and trade reform and focus on local natural resources to address the crisis of poverty in all parts of the globe.

"Traditional assumptions about addressing poverty treat the environment almost as an afterthought," said Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute (WRI). "This report addresses the stark reality of the poor: three-fourths of them live in rural areas; their environment is all they can depend on. Environmental resources are absolutely essential, rather than incidental, if...

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