Rapid Urbanization, Shrimp Farming and Forest Loss Among Highlights The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging environmental changes sweeping planet Earth are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas launched to mark World Environment Day.
Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), One Planet Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment compares and contrasts spectacular satellite images of the past few decades with contemporary ones, some of which have never been seen before.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=434&ArticleID=4806&l=en
World Environment Day
http://www.unep.org/wed/2005/english/
Marking World Environment Day, UN officials urge creation of 'green cities'
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14493&Cr=UNEP&Cr1=
200 dead in China floods
http://crisispictures.org/infocus/2005/06/200-dead-10000-displaced-in-china.html
Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), One Planet Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment compares and contrasts spectacular satellite images of the past few decades with contemporary ones, some of which have never been seen before.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=434&ArticleID=4806&l=en
World Environment Day
http://www.unep.org/wed/2005/english/
Marking World Environment Day, UN officials urge creation of 'green cities'
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14493&Cr=UNEP&Cr1=
200 dead in China floods
http://crisispictures.org/infocus/2005/06/200-dead-10000-displaced-in-china.html