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dc.contributorEconomy Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-20T12:29:57Z
dc.date.available2020-05-20T12:29:57Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/32453
dc.descriptionHuman well-being ultimately depends on the health of the ecosystems which envelope and sustain us. We exploit ecosystems for the food, water, and timber we need for everyday living. We depend on ecosystem processes to regulate natural cycles and keep diseases at bay. We rely on them for recreation, instruction and mental and spiritual enrichment. We know that without healthy ecosystems we could not survive, and yet we are transforming and degrading them at an ever-increasing rate. Our demands on nature are growing as our populations expand and our societies develop. We continually and carelessly modify the Earth’s natural cycles through over- exploitation of freshwater, exhaustion of soils, depletion of forests and wildlife, and excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers. We pollute our air, water and soil. We propel greenhouse gases into our upper atmosphere, changing our climate and putting even more pressure on our ecosystems. We drive animals and plants out of their natural habitats and push them toward extinction. How can we halt and reverse this degradation of the Earth’s ecosystems even as we make increasing demands on their services? To answer this challenge, and to better understand the consequences of our actions, in 2001 United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a comprehensive scientific study, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment , focusing on ecosystem changes over the course of past decades and projecting those changes into the future.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMSen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.titleEcosystem Management Programme: A New Approach to Sustainabilityen_US
dc.typeBooklets and Brochuresen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Landen_US
wd.tagsSustainable Developmenten_US
wd.topicsEcosystemsen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber24 p.en_US


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