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WORLD WATCH is a bimonthly, nonprofit magazine that tracks key indicators of the Earth's well-being. We monitor and evaluate changes in climate, forest cover, population, food production, water resources biological diversity, and other key trends, and identify and analyze the most effective strategies for achieving a sustainable society--including those that come from the advances of science and technology, the rethinking of traditional economics, and the neglected wisdom of now-vanishing indigenous peoples.

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