Citations

1. Reliable poverty statistics are hard to come by. These figures, drawn from a variety of sources, come from “Poverty Facts and Stats” website: http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp.
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2. From the “Youth at the United Nations: World Youth Report 2005” website: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr05.htm.
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3. Figures from UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006. Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2006. Also see summaries at http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/epi2006/default.asp.
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4. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005, page 12.
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5. The actual number of forest-dependent peoples is vigorously debated. For background on the issue see: Numbers of Forest Dependent People: A Feasibility Study. Reading, UK: Calibre Consultants and The Statistical Services Centre at the University of Reading, May 2000. The study is available online at http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/publications/fdp.pdf.
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6. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 “Key Findings” website: http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/32246/en/.
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7. Website of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: http://www.internal-displacement.org.
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