The world bank and the environment. Progress report. Banque mondiale et l'environnement

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6163324

The second annual report describes specific environmental strategies and environmental lending in the Bank's four operational regions: Africa; Asia; Europe, Middle East, and North Africa; and Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the Bank's progress in eight environmental categories: energy and the environment, pollution, urban environment, water resources management, forest and land management, social and cultural, environmental economics, and the global environment. One chapter is devoted exclusively to tropical forests, studying ways in which the Bank is dealing with deforestation as a part of the constant review of its forest policies. Suggestions are made for decreasing the degradation of tropical forests while meeting demands for forest products. This chapter reflects a shift in Bank emphasis from commercial ventures to conservation measures. The publication reports on other initiatives by the Bank during fiscal 1991, including the launching of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)--a pilot program to oversee reduction of global warming, preservation of biological diversity, protection of international waters, and prevention of ozone depletion.

• Research Organization: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6163324
• Report Number(s): PB-93-217875/XAB; ISBN: 0-8213-1904-3
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Text in French; summary in English. See also English version, PB--92-111269 and Spanish version, PB--93-217883
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
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