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Science 19 May 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5776, p. 1002
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124822
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Policy Forum

ENVIRONMENT:
Investments Toward Sustainable Development

Jeffrey D. Sachs1 and Walter V. Reid2*,

Environmental goals cannot be attained without also addressing poverty; similarly, addressing poverty is essential for improving the environment; both need additional resources, particularly in developing nations.

1J. D. Sachs is director of the U.N. Millennium Project and director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. 2W. V. Reid was director of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and is with the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

*Present address: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA 94022, USA.

Author for correspondence. E-mail: wreid{at}packard.org

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