State of the World 1992 : World-watch institute report on progress towards a sustainable Society Ganga-Brahmaputra-Barak Basin

The world today is either in the early stage of an Environment Revolution or on the verge of environmental collapse and economic decline. The decisions we take today will determine the quality of life for future generations on Planet Earth.

A change of revolutionary proportions is called for an end to the fossil fuel age and the creation of efficient solar-based energy systems; new transportation networks that lessen automobile use; redistribution of land and wealth; and a rapid shift to the small family norm.

If this Environmental Revolution succeeds it will rank with the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions as one of the great transformations in human history.

State of the World 1992 lucidly examines our options for feeding our billions, for making our cities livable, for preserving the diversity of life on Earth. It looks at the employment prospect in a sustainable economy one that does not consume the natural resources and systems on which it depends. And it points to emerging international cooperation to restore the world's

abused environment.

This widely acclaimed Report is translated into 23 languages and is now accorded semi-official status by national governments, UN agencies and international development institutes.