Ecosystems and human well-being
Contributors: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program)
Series: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment series
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781559632270; 9781559633901; 9781559632690; 9781559631853; 9781559632287; 9781559633918; 9781559632706; 9781559631860; 9781559633864
Subjects: Human ecology; Ecosystem management; Environmental policy; Environmental management; Biodiversity; Ecological assessment (Biology)
Description: Comparing alternate futures of ecosystem services and human well-being -- MA conceptual framework -- Global scenarios in historical perspective -- Ecology in global scenarios -- State of the art in simulating future changes in ecosystem services -- Scenarios for ecosystem services : rationale and overview -- Methodology for developing the MA scenarios -- Drivers of change in ecosystem condition and services -- Four scenarios -- Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios -- Biodiversity across scenarios -- Human well-being across scenarios -- Interactions among ecosystem services -- Lessons learned for scenario analysis -- Policy synthesis for key stakeholders.
Notes: Vol. 1, "Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment"; v. 2, "Findings of the Scenarios Working Group of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment"; v. 3, "Findings of the Responses Working Group of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment"; v. 4, "Findings of the Sub-global Assessments Working Group of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment"; supp., "Summary for decision makers"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Current state and trends / edited by Rashid Hassan, Robert Scholes, Neville Ash; title: v. 2. Scenarios / edited by Steve R. Carpenter ... [et al.]; title: v. 3. Policy responses / edited by Kanchan Chopra ... [et al.]; title: v. 4. Multiscale assessments / edited by Doris Capistrano ... [et al.]; title: [supp.] Our human planet