Population Action International : People in the Balance - Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium

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People in the Balance - Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium

January 1, 2000

Robert Engelman, with Richard P. Cincotta, Bonnie Dye, Tom Gardner-Outlaw and Jennifer Wisnewski

Updated index of population and natural resource data for 179 countries.

2000 - Original published report. Database updated in 2006.

The interactive maps and data tables presented on these Web pages chronicle this growing scarcity in many of the world’s countries. In each of the natural resource categories—water, land, forests, fisheries, carbon dioxide and biodiversity—a paragraph summarizes the global situation and leads to tabs that can be clicked to view an interactive map for that resource, along with one or more illustrative charts or world maps, a complete set of country data and a search engine that allows queries about specific countries and their natural resource availability or use.