TY - BOOK AU - Nierenberg,Danielle ED - Worldwatch Institute. TI - State of the world, 2006: a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society SN - 0393061582 AV - HD 75.6 S797 2006 U1 - 363.702 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Sustainable development KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - China KW - India KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmental conservation and protection KW - Ecosystem management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Forewords; Xie Zhenhua; Sunita Narain --; State of the World : a year in review; Lori Brown --; China, India, and the new world order; Christopher Flavin; Gary Gardner --; Rethinking the global meat industry; Danielle Nierenberg --; Safeguarding freshwater ecosystems; Sandra Postel --; Cultivating renewable alternatives to oil; Suzanne C. Hunt ... [et al.] --; Shrinking science: an introduction to nanatechnology; Hope Shand; Kathy Jo Wetter -- Curtailing Mercury's global reach; Linda Greer ... [et al.] --; Turning disasters into peacemaking opportunities; Michael Renner; èZoe Chafe --; Reconciling trade and sustainable development; Aaron Cosbey -- Building a green civil society in China; Jennifer L. Turner; èLu Zhi --; Transforming corporations; Erik Assadourian ER -