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Title

Ecosystems and human well-being : current state and trends : findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / edited by Rashid Hassan, Robert Scholes, Neville Ash.

Publication

Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Hassan, Rashid M.
• Scholes, Robert.
• Ash, Neville.
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Condition and Trends Working Group.

Description

xxi, 917 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 28 cm.

Summary

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in the last 50 years than in any comparable period of human history. We have done this to meet the growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber, and fuel. While changes to ecosystems have enhanced the well-being of billions of people, they have also caused a substantial and largely irreversible loss in diversity of life on Earth, and have strained the capacity of ecosystems to continue providing critical services. This volume pays particular attention to the current health of key ecosystems, including inland waters, forests, oceans, croplands, and dryland systems, among others. It will be an indispensable reference for scientists, environmentalists, agency professionals, and students.

Series Statement

The millennium ecosystem assessment series ; v. 1

Uniform Title

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment series ; v. 1.

Subject

• Biodiversity
• Human ecology
• Ecosystem management
• Biotic communities
• Ecological assessment (Biology)
• Ecosystem
• Ecology
• Biodiversity
• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Environmental Health

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

MA conceptual framework -- Analytical approaches for assessing ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Drivers of ecosystem change -- Biodiversity -- Ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Vulnerable peoples and places -- Fresh water -- Food -- Timber, fuel, and fiber -- New products and industries from biodiversity -- Biodiversity regulation of ecosystem services -- Nutrient cycling -- Climate and air quality -- Human health : ecosystem regulation of infectious diseases -- Waste processing and detoxification -- Regulation of natural hazards: floods and fires -- Cultural and amenity services -- Marine fisheries systems -- Coastal systems -- Inland water systems -- Forest and woodland systems -- Dryland systems -- Island systems -- Mountain systems -- Polar systems -- Cultivated systems -- Urban systems -- Synthesis.

ISBN

• 1559632275 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1559632283 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005017196

OCLC

• 60697094
• SCSB-10227207

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library