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Active Transport and Road Safety for Children: Final Report
WRI Brasil Cidades Sustentáveis has developed a legislative study on active transport and its relationship with road safety for children. This report documents the main findings of this study. Federal and municipal laws ...
Policy Brief – Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility (Portuguese)
In Brazil, more than 30 cities hacve invested in bus priority systems to encourage the use of public transport. However, difficult pedestrian and cyclist access to public transport isolates the system from the user. This ...
Policy Brief – Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility (English)
In Brazil, more than 30 cities hacve invested in bus priority systems to encourage the use of public transport. However, difficult pedestrian and cyclist access to public transport isolates the system from the user. This ...
Policy Brief - Low Speed Zones in Brazil (Portuguese)
Over 1.2 billion people across the world loose their lives in traffic crashes each year. In Brazil alone this number exceeds 40, 000 per year and continues to grow. This policy brief looks at low speed zones as an important ...
Policy Brief – Mobility at Schools (Portuguese)
In 2014, 1654 children between the ages of zero and 14 are killed in road crashes in Brazil. In addition, 14, 000 children are hospitalized each year. This brief highlights the reality children face trying to get to school ...
Active Transport and Road Safety for Children - Summary (English)
WRI Brazil has developed a legislative study on active transport and its relationship with road safety for chilren. This report documents the main findings of the study.
Towards Sustainable Production and use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels - Summary
(2009)
This report was produced by the Working Group on biofuels of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management. It provides an overview of the key problems and perspectives toward sustainable production and use ...
The UNEP Year Book 2008
(2008)
The UNEP Year Book 2008 highlights the increasing complexity and interconnections of climate change, ecosystem integrity, human well-being, and economic development. It examines the emergence and influence of economic ...
Pastoralism and the Green Economy – A Natural Nexus? Status, Challenges and Policy Implications
(IUCN, 2014)
This study focuses on pastoralism’s current and future potential for securing sustainable management and green economy outcomes from the world’s rangelands. It synthesises existing evidence and uses practical examples from ...
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - A Natural Nexus? - Briefing Note
(UNEP, 2014)
A policy summary of Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus? This study focuses on pastoralism’s current and future potential for securing sustainable management and green economy outcomes from the world’s ...