Ecosystems and human well-being - Synthesis: A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Walter V. Reid , H.A. Mooney , Angela Cropper , Walter V. Reid , H.A. Mooney , Angela Cropper , D. Capistrano , Stephen R. Carpenter , Kanchan Chopra , Purnamita Dasgupta , Thomas Dietz , Anantha Kumar Duraiappah , R. Hassan , Roger E. Kasperson , Rik Leemans , Robert M. May , Anthony J. McMichael , Prabhu Pingali , C. Samper , Robert J. Scholes , Robert T. Watson , A. H. Zakri , Shidong Zhao , Neville Ash , Emma Bennett , P. Kumar , Mose Lee , Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne , H. Simons , J. Thonell , Monika Zurek
2005 Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research) 690 citations

Abstract

This report presents a synthesis and integration of the findings of the four MA Working Groups (Condition and Trends, Scenarios, Responses, and Sub-global Assessments). It does not, however, provide a comprehensive summary of each Working Group report, and readers are encouraged to also review the findings of these separately. This synthesis is organized around the core questions originally posed to the assessment: How have ecosystems and their services changed? What has caused these changes? How have these changes affected human well-being? How might ecosystems change in the future and what are the implications for human well-being? And what options exist to enhance the conservation of ecosystems and their contribution to human well-being?

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Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentEcosystemEcosystem servicesEnvironmental resource managementGeographyEcologyEnvironmental scienceBiology

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Walter V. Reid, H.A. Mooney, Angela Cropper et al. (2005). Ecosystems and human well-being - Synthesis: A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research) .