| | State of the World 2006 |
| | 1,78 | | MB |
| | 269 | | stron |
| | 6272 | | ID | WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Table of Contents |
| | Acknowledgments vii |
| | List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures xii |
| | Forewords |
| | Xie Zhenhua Minister, State Environmental Protection Administration, China xv |
| | Sunita Narain Director, Centre for Science and |
| | Environment, India xvii |
| | Preface |
| | Christopher Flavin President, Worldwatch Institute xxi |
| | State of the World: xxiii |
| | A Year in Review |
| | Lori Brown |
| | 1 China, India, and the New World Order 3 |
| | Christopher Flavin and Gary Gardner |
| | 2 Rethinking the Global Meat Industry 24 |
| | Danielle Nierenberg |
| | 3 Safeguarding Freshwater Ecosystems 41 |
| | Sandra Postel |
| | 4 Cultivating Renewable Alternatives to Oil 61 |
| | Suzanne C. Hunt and Janet L. Sawin with Peter Stair |
| | 5 Shrinking Science: An Introduction to Nanotechnology 78 |
| | Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter |
| | 6 Curtailing Mercury’s Global Reach 96 |
| | Linda Greer, Michael Bender, Peter Maxson, and David Lennett |
| | 7 Turning Disasters into Peacemaking Opportunities 115 |
| | Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe |
| | 8 Reconciling Trade and Sustainable Development 134 |
| | Aaron Cosbey |
| | 9 Building a Green Civil Society in China 152 |
| | Jennifer L. Turner and Lü Zhi |
| | 10 Transforming Corporations 171 |
| | Erik Assadourian |
| | Notes 191 |
| | Index 237 |