The World Resources 2005 - The Wealth of the Poor

Preface
Foreword vii

1: Nature, Power and Poverty

• Introduction
• Linking Ecosystems, Governance, and Poverty
• The Persistence of Poverty
•      Box 1.1 THE DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
• Growth Alone Is Not Enough
• Environment Matters to the Poor
•      Box 1.2 LIFE IN A DOLLAR A DAY
• Nature as an Economic Stepping Stone
• Better Governance Is Vital for Higher Incomes
•      Box 1.3 HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY
• The Environment as a Route to Democratic Governance
• Linking Environment and Governance in the Global Poverty Fight
• From Vulnerability to Wealth
•      Box 1.4 POVERTY AND GOVERNANCE IN A GLOBAL FRAME

2: Ecosystems and the Livelihoods of the poor

• Introduction
• How Important is Environmental Income?
•      BOX 2.1 FINDINGS OF THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
• Common Pool Resources as a Source of Enviromental Income
• Who Gets More Environmental Income: Rich or Poor?
• Environmental Income by Ecosystem
•      BOX 2.2 BRAZIL NUTS AND PALM HEARTS: BRINGING FOREST LIVELIHOODS TO THE CITY
• The Role of Livestock
• The Social Benefits of Ecosystems
• Building on the Strength of Ecosystems

3: The role of governance

• Introduction
• Resource Tenure and Property Rights: Access and Ownership
•      BOX 3.1 UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF RESOURCE TENURE
• Decentralization: Can It Help the Poor?
•      BOX 3.2 HOW COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CAN BENEFIT THE POOR
• The Rights to Information, Participation, and Justice: The Importance of a Voice
•      BOX 3.3 EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH FREE, PRIOR, AND INFORMED CONSENT

4: Four steps to greater environmental income

• Introduction
• 1 More Income Through Better Ecosystem Management
• Better Management Requires an Ecosystem Approach
• Income Benefits of Better Management
• 2 Getting the Governance Right: Empowering the Poor to Profit from Nature
• Securing Property and Resource Rights through Tenure Reform
•      BOX 4.1 NEGOTIATING INDIGENOUS TENURE RIGHTS IN BOLIVIA
• Poor-Friendly Decentralization: Community-Based Natural Resource Management
• Keeping Community-Based Management Pro-Poor
• A Continuing Role for the State
•      BOX 4.2 FAIR TRADE CERTIFICATION: RURAL PRODUCERS MEET THE WORLD
• 3 Commercializing Ecosystem Goods and Services
• Provide Marketing Assistance
• Understand the Limitations of Transportation
• Make Credit Available
• Capture Greater Value
• Partner with the Private Sector
•      BOX 4.3 SERVING THE POOR PROFITABLY: A PRIVATE-SECTOR APPROACH TO POVERTY
• Keep Sustainability in Mind
•      BOX 4.4 KEEP SUSTAINABILITY IN MIND
• 4 Augmenting Nature's Income Stream: Payment for Environmental Services
• The Challenges of Pro-Poor PES
•      BOX 4.5 GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE, AND POVERTY
• Beyond Environmental Income

5: Turning natural assets into wealth: Case Studies

• Introduction
• Nature in Local Hands: The Case for Namibia's Conservancies
• More Water, More Wealth in Darewadi Village
• Regenerating Woodlands: Tanzania's HASHI Project.
• Bearing Witness: Empowering Indonesian Communities to Fight Illegal Logging
• Village by Village: Recovering Fiji's Coastal Fisheries

Special section -- Global development policies: Making MDGs and PRSPs work for the poor and the environment

• Introduction
• The Millennium Development Goals
• A Break from the Past
• For Environment and Governance, More of the Same
• Focused on the Wrong Nature
• Getting the Targets and Indicators Right
• Encouraging Environment and Governance as Cross-Cutting Themes
• Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs)
• Also in Need of an Environmental Overhaul
• "Mainstreaming" the Environment in PRSPs: The Unfulfilled Promise
• Upgrading the Treatment of Environmental Income in PRSPs
• Steps toward More Effective PRSPs

• Overview
• Population and Education
• Human Health
• Gender and Development
• Income and Poverty
• Economics and Financial Flows
• Institutions and Governance
• Energy
• Climate and Atmosphere
• Water Resources and Fisheries
• Biodiversity
• Land Use and Human Settlements
• Food and Agriculture