Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report)

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Updated: August 31, 2011, 6:33 am

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Published: 2005, World Resources Institute
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• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Panel
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
• Contributors (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))

• Foreword (Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis: Foreword)
• Preface (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))
• Reader's Guide
• Summary for Decision-makers (Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis: Summary for Decision-makers)
  • Finding 1: Ecosystem Change in Last 50 Years
  • Finding 2: Gains and Losses from Ecosystem Change
  • Finding 3: Ecosystem Prospects for Next 50 Years
  • Finding 4: Reversing Ecosystem Degradation
• Key Questions in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  • How have ecosystems changed?
  • How have ecosystem services and their uses changed?
  • How have ecosystem changes affected human well-being and poverty alleviation?
  • What are the most critical factors causing ecosystem changes?
  • How might ecosystems and their services change in the future under various plausible scenarios?
  • What can be learned about the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being at sub-global scales?
  • What is known about time scales, inertia, and the risk of nonlinear changes in ecosystems?
  • What options exist to manage ecosystems sustainably?
  • What are the most important uncertainties hindering decision-making concerning ecosystems?

• Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))
• Appendix B. Effectiveness of Assessed Responses (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))
• Appendix C. Authors, Coordinators, and Review Editors (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))
• Appendix D. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Figure Sources (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))
• Appendix E. Assessment Report Tables of Contents (Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report))

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Institute, W. (2011). Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (full report). Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Ecosystems_and_Human_Well-being:_Synthesis_(full_report)