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World Resources Institute (WRI), research institute established in 1982 to promote environmentally sound and socially equitable development. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The World Resources Institute conducts extensive scientific research and analysis on global environmental and economic problems and proposes adjustments to public policies or institutional protocols to facilitate positive environmental and economic change. The WRI’s many projects address issues in four key areas: people and ecosystems (stopping the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems...