This two-part presentation evaluates progress made towards Goals one to four - Perfect for Disparities & Change - To examine the progress made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in poverty reduction, education and health. Great infographic too ....
This two-part presentation evaluates progress made towards Goals five to eight. All data is sourced from The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013. Perfect for Disparities & Change: To examine the progress made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in poverty reduction, education and health.
Afforestation and Deforestation 2000 - 2012 interactive map, updated monthly. Shows real time changes in tree cover and is linked to Google maps, so you can zoom to the local, regional or global scale.
This new measure of national wealth could change the focus on economic wealth as a measure of development. Interestingly the rankings differ little from the GDP or HDI rankings, but it could influence future policy discussions.
I wanted to alert you to an excellent source that would fall directly under the new IB syllabus for Patterns in Env Quality and Sustainability. When asking for a case study on sustainable management strategies, I'm using China's Loess Plateau. There is an excellent film (on youtube and on the website) of a watershed rehabilitation project that has been incredibly successful. This case study connects concepts of soil erosion, watersheds, climate change, and the social/econ and environmental consequences of this World Bank/Chinese gov't project.