This report focuses on one specific
interaction: the role of forests, and particularly protected
forests, in maintaining quality of drinking water for large
cities. There are many reasons for this focus: many city
dwellers already face a crisis of water quality, and
contaminated water spreads a vast and largely unnecessary
burden in terms of short and long-term health impacts
including infant mortality, with knock-on effects on ability
to work, industrial productivity and on already
over-stretched health services. The poorest members of
society, unable to afford sterilized or bottled water,
suffer the greatest impacts. Similar problems affect the
rural poor as well of course, and sometimes these can be
even more severe. However, in a rapidly urbanizing world the
scale of the problem facing cities is particularly acute.
Autores y editores
Dudley, Nigel
Stolton, Sue
The World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation & Sustainable Use is a response to a crisis-the continued depletion of the world’s forest biodiversity, and of forest-based goods and services essential for sustainable development. The goal of the Alliance is a significantly reduced rate of loss and degradation of all forest types.
Proveedor de datos
World Bank Group (WB)
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development.