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Intensified global competition for resources — global megatrend 7
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Increasing global divergence in population trends — global megatrend 1
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The European environment – state and outlook 2010
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SOER 2010 — assessment of global megatrends
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Living in an urban world — global megatrend 2
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The European environment – state and outlook 2010
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SOER 2010 — assessment of global megatrends
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The nitrogen cycle
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Global scheme of nitrogen cycle, showing major nitrogen reservoirs (atmosphere, soil and living organisms), major processes (nitrification, denitrification, nitrogen fixation, assimilation etc.) and actors (plants, animals, bacteria, human beings).
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Registered inventions
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The bar sizes show, for each country, the number of applicants to register inventions, counted as patent families. A patent family is a set of inter-related applications on the same subject. Statistics based on patent families eliminate double counts (i.e. when the same invention is registered in different patent offices).
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Global extraction of natural resources from ecosystems and mines, 1980 to 2005/2007
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Price of fossil fuels and metals
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Fuel price index and metals price index evolution from 1980 to 2010
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Projected impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems
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The maps show projected impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems: forest cover gain, shrub/woodland cover gain, herbaceous cover gain, desert amelioration, grass/tree cover loss, forest/woodland decline, forest type change, according to 2 climate scenarios (SRES B1 and SRES A2).
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Growing relevance of non-state actors
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This bar graphic shows the number of NGOs enjoying advisory status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from 40 countries in 1948 to 3187 countries in 2008.
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Movements of people: migration and tourism
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The map shows 'moving to work and escape poverty': Migration between and inside world regions from 1995 to 2004. Colors show regional migratory balance (surplus or deficit), arrows show major movements between and inside regions.
The graph shows 'travelling for leisure': trends in number of tourists since 1950 and projections to 2020.
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