World Resources 2002-2004 focuses on the importance of good environmental governance and explores how citizens, government managers and business owners can foster better environmental decisions. The report argues that better environmental governance is one of the most direct routes to fairer and more sustainable use of natural resources. Decisions made with greater participation and greater knowledge of natural systems decisions for the Earth can help to reverse the loss of forests, the decline of soil fertility, and the pollution of air and water that reflect our past failures.