TY - BOOK TI - Monitoring environmental progress : : a report on work in progress SN - 0821333658 U1 - 363.7 PY - 1995/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank. Environmentally Sustainable Development KW - DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE KW - POLITICA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE KW - BIODIVERSIDAD KW - INDICADORES AMBIENTALES KW - DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE KW - ECODESARROLLO KW - POLITICA AMBIENTAL KW - DIVERSIDAD BIOLOGICA N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas; Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction: Making environmental data useful to policymakers -- 1. Can we save the forest while using the trees? -- 2. What do we know about biodiversity? -- 3. How can we monitor air and water? -- 4. Are we using resources efficiently? -- 5. What role do taxes and subsidies play? -- 6. Are we sharing the burden of reducing climate risks? -- 7. Are we saving enough for the future? -- 8 Where is the wealth of nations? -- 9. How have the poor fared? -- Appendix: Technical notes -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes ER -