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    • China Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Situation Analysis and Research Strategy Final Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008)
      In 2008 UNEP-WCMC produced a report with a consortium of Chinese and international partners on research needs for reducing poverty through better ecosystem management in China. This work was for DFID, NERC and ESRC of the ...
    • Ecosystem and Human Well-Being - Biodiversity Synthesis 

      World Resources Institute (WRI) (World Resources Institute (WRI), 2005)
      This report synthesizes findings from the MA global and sub-global assessments on biodiversity and human wellbeing. All of the MA authors and Review Editors have contributed to this draft through their contributions to the ...
    • Ecosystem and Human Well-Being - A framework for assessment 

      World Resources Institute (WRI) (World Resources Institute (WRI), 2003)
      Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment is the first product of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a four-year international work program designed to meet the needs of decision-makers for scientific ...
    • Ecosystem and Human Well-Being - Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry 

      World Resources Institute (WRI) (World Resources Institute (WRI), 2005)
      The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a four-year international scientific assessment of the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. A multisectoral Board of Directors' consisting of senior representatives ...
    • Ecosystem and Human Well-Being - Synthesis 

      World Resources Institute (WRI) (World Resources Institute (WRI), 2005)
      The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was called for by United Nations Secretary-General Koffi Annan in 2000 in his report to the UN General Assembly, We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century. ...
    • Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis 

      Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board, 2005)
      This report integrates findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments related to current state and future trends of desertification and its impacts on ecosystems and human well-being and is organized around a set of key ...
    • Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis 

      Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board, 2005)
      This report provides an assessment of the current state of our ecosystems and the many services they support and provide to people. Direct drivers of degradation of wetlands such as land conversion, pollution and infrastructure ...