Ecosystems and human well-being: Health synthesis
This report synthesizes the findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's (MA) global and sub-global assessments of how ecosystem changes do, or could, affect human health and well-being. All the MA authors and review editors have contributed to this report through their contributions to the underlying assessment chapters on which this text is based.
Five additional MA synthesis reports were prepared to facilitate access to information by other audiences: general overview; UNCCD (desertification); CBD (biological diversity); Ramsar Convention (wetlands); and business. Each MA sub-global assessment also will produce additional reports to meet the needs of its own audience. The full technical assessment reports of the four MA working groups were published in mid 2005 by Island Press.
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Front and back covers in high resolution
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Ecosystems and human well-being. Summary
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Ecosystems and human well-being. Full report
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Cover, contents, foreword, reader's guide, summary for decision-makers
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Key questions - 1. Why do ecosystems matter to human health?
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2. How have ecosystems changed and what are the health implications?
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3. How might ecosystems change and what would be the health implications?
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4. What actions are required to address the health consequences of ecosystem change?
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5. How can priorities be established for actions to address the health consequences of ecosystem change?
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6. What are the policy implications of the most robust findings and key uncertainties?
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Appendices
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© World Health Organization 2005
ISBN 92 4 156309 5
53 pages, English only