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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis

dc.contributor.authorMillennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:07:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:07:48Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/8735
dc.descriptionThis 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 and indirect drivers such as population growth and economic development are discussed extensively. It enhances our on understanding the direct drivers of change to wetlands and shows how they would fare under a range of future scenarios. Responses for the wise use of wetlands including governance and institutional responses are highlighted. This report further provides an analysis of future challenges and response options that could allow us to maintain, to the greatest extent possible, the ecosystem services on which we all depend. The synthesis stresses the link between wetlands and water. Wetlands include inland wetlands such as swamps, marshes, lakes, rivers, peatlands and underground water habitats, coastal and near-shore marine wetlands such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds and estuaries and man-made wetlands such as rice fields, dams, reservoirs and fish ponds.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMillennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectecosystem
dc.subjectecosystem analysis
dc.subjectecosystem degradation
dc.subjectecosystem research
dc.subjectenvironmental assessment
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectenvironmental change
dc.subjecthuman health
dc.subjecthuman population
dc.subjectecosystem services
dc.subjectvalued ecosystem component
dc.subjectenvironmental economy issue
dc.subjectwater conservation
dc.subjectwater resource
dc.subjectwater resources management
dc.subjectecosystem degradation
dc.subjectwetland
dc.subjectwetlands ecosystem
dc.subjectrestoration of water
dc.subject.classificationEcosystem Management
dc.titleEcosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis
dc.typeReports and Books
wd.identifier.old-id10982
wd.identifier.uneplive1
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Water
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000037


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