Chapter 7 fresh water millennium ecosystem assessment. This is the unedited penultimate draft of the ma general 8 synthesis report. Additional features include breaking news domestic and. In 2005, the millennium ecosystem assessment ma offered compelling evidence of the positive links between biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. The millennium ecosystem assessment studied the connections between human well being and. Carpenter, kanchan chopra, partha dasgupta, thomas dietz, anantha kumar. The millennium development goals report 2010 5 towards 2015 the millennium declaration represents the most important promise ever made to. Kofi annan in 2000 on the protection of the environment and ecosystem, which finally came to be known as the millennium ecosystem assessment in 2001 has further deepened the definition of sustainable development concentrating on the impact of the ecosystem on. Population growth, ecosystem services and human wellbeing.
Ecosystems and human wellbeing millennium ecosystem. The mas conceptual framework placed human wellbeing as the central focus for assessment while recognising that biodiversity and ecosystems also have intrinsic value and that people take decisions concerning ecosystems based on considerations of both wellbeing and intrinsic value. Environmental protection agency office of solid waste and emergency response. Entire volumes have been written on ecosystem services national research council 2005. The millennium ecosystem assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma introduced a new framework for analyzing socialecological systems that has had wide influence in the policy and scientific communities. Human activity is fundamentally and extensively changing the world around us, leading to extinction on a massive scale. It further proposed that part of the solution lies in policy making that takes into account the full value of ecosystem services, market and nonmarket. In fact, planted forests were estimated in 2010 to cover 278 million ha globally and are expanding, while the area of. A rapid assessment was undertaken of the range of ecosystem services provided by coastal sand dune systems, using the millennium ecosystem assessment ecosystem services classification augmented with habitat. Chapter 1 integrating the ecological and economic dimensions. Adapted from the millennium ecosystem assessments 2005 classification of ecosystem services, the teeb reports use a number of icons to represent the wide range of services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity teeb challenges and responses 2 about the authors pavan sukhdev is founderceo of gist advisory a.
The incorporation of an ecosystem services assessment into. Frontiers in ecology and the environment wiley online library. Information is available at the address above and published versions may be ordered from island press. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing and options for responding to those changes. Millennium ecosystem assessment synthesis report prepublication final draft approved by ma board on march 23, 2005 a report of the millennium ecosystem assessment core writing team. The millennium ecosystem assessment agenda item 21 eighth meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity cop8, curitiba, brazil, 2031 march 2006 the subsidiary body of technical and technological advice at its 11th meeting sbstta 11, in its agenda item 5. The ma was carried out between 2001 and 2005 to assess the consequence of ecosystem. The mea was a fouryear, 0scientiststudyforpolicymakers. High impact publications such as the mea millennium ecosystem assessment 1. Johannesburg on the urgent need to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010, and in 2007 they recognised the need to take action to mitigate the impacts of climate change following the 2005 millennium ecosystem assessment.
Have we neglected the societal importance of sand dunes. Walter reid is the director of the millennium ecosystem assessment. The assessment panel, which oversees the technical work of the ma, includes of the worlds leading social and natural scientists. However, due to the complexity of the linkages between es and hwb, there are still many knowledge gaps, and in particular a lack of. The conceptual framework of the 2005 millennium ecosystem assessment. Besides mounting impacts on biodiversity gibbs, 2000, wetland loss has accelerated the decline of critically important ecosystem services ma millennium ecosystem assessment, 2005, zorrilla et al. Millennium ecosystem assessment scenario drivers 1970. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma was initiated in 2001 with the objective being to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the. Frontiers in ecology and the environment wiley online. A conceptual framework to assess the effects of environmental. Following the millennium ecosystem assessment, another international initiative named the economics of. Pdf this report presents a synthesis and integration of the findings of the. Human beings have changed the biological, physical, and chemical features of the planet. From 2001 to 2005, the ma involved the work of more than 1,360 experts worldwide.
The incorporation of an ecosystem services assessment into the remediation of contaminated sites august 2010 prepared by sarah slack national network for environmental management studies fellow university of connecticut for u. Since the publication of the millennium ecosystem assessment mea, 2005 table 1. Copyright 2005 millennium ecosystem assessment all rights reserved under international and panamerican copyright conventions. Published on sep 18, 2010 this is a spot created by cvf and sponsored by unep, to give visibility and make people understand what. Additional features include breaking news domestic and international, multiauthor debates, editorials. Finally, we conclude that such an ecologicaleconomic and systems perspective to ecosystem services assessment could play an important role in investigating the interplay between ecological and socioeconomic systems, allowing a broader and more comprehensive understanding of the benefits gained from ecosystems and the costs due to their. The millennium ecosystem assessment identified the failure to value ecosystem services as a major contributing cause. The millennium ecosystem assessment assessed the consequences of. In line with the millennium ecosystem assessment, the objective of the eu assessment is to. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem services es and human wellbeing hwb is crucial to sustain the flow of es for hwb. Hydropower capacities by economic region under millennium ecosystem assessment mea scenarios according to the top image model and bottom global water balance and transport model wbm plus after assigning reservoir locations and geometry.
Pdf millenium ecosystem assessment synthesis report. The millennium ecosystem assessment was called for by united nations secretarygeneral kofi annan in 2000 in his. Globally we fell short of reaching the 2010 target to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, but it was an. A fouryear collaborative effort involving governments, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector and scientists from a wide range of disciplines, the ma was conducted by. The contents of this draft may change before its final 9 release on march 30. In adapt ing mosaic, by 2010, most countries are spending close to % of their. Itisvirtuallyimpossibletolist all the ecosystem services let alone the natural. The extent of this lo ss should not be underestimated.
The role of the united nations in the 21st century. Assessment and valuation of forest ecosystem services. June 2010june 2010 saudi arabian millennium ecosystem assessment for assir national park june 2010 presidency of meteorology and environmentpresidency of meteorology and environment kingdom of saudi arabiakingdom of saudi arabia presidency of meteorology and environment kingdom of saudi arabia subglobal arab millennium ecosystem assessment. West and east africa wafr, eafr are predicted to have over tenfold increases outside of the. While ecosystems provide a diversity of services, this report is restricted to the ecosystem services listed in table 2, as these are relevant to floridas natural communities of the coast. Accounting for ecosystem services in charles county, maryland. Although the idea of ecosystem services has been well developed scientifically, debate continues. Mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services maes. Millennium ecosystem assessment ecosystem services the benefits people obtain from ecosystems.
The framework for ecosystem service provision fesp, is based on an interpretation of the widelyused driverspressuresstateimpactresponse dpsir framework. Pdf the millennium ecosystem assessment ma was initiated in 2001. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma was designed to meet the needs of decisionmakers for scientific information on the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing. Notwithstanding this, changes in biodiversity continue. The millennium ecosystem assessment the first global audit of the worlds forests, wetlands, and other ecosystemsfound that ecosystems have declined more rapidly and extensively over the past 50 years. Changes in ecosystem services from wetland loss and. It points to a sixth great extinction, on a par with historic global. From the millennium ecosystem assessment to ipbes hal mooney stanford university sept, 2010. Environmental impacts of agricultural technologies epar brief no. A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from. Oct 28, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Millennium ecosystem assessment world ocean observatory. By degrading components of the ecosystem, these practices affect the health of plants and animals living within the ecosystem. An overview of the millennium ecosystem assessment and its key findings.
The material in this draft should not be quoted or cited. Daily 1997, culminating in a formal, indepth, and global overview by hundreds of scientists. The millennium ecosystem assessment is a comprehensive attempt to quantify this value so that, as interested citizens, we can understand the profit and loss directly linked to our specific decisions about ocean issues. June 2010june 2010 saudi arabian millennium ecosystem assessment for assir national park june 2010 presidency of meteorology and environmentpresidency of meteorology and environment kingdom of saudi arabiakingdom of saudi arabia presidency of meteorology and environment kingdom of saudi arabia sub. Attempts to combat climate change by replacing fossil fuels with biofuels take land from food crops, exacerbating the situation. Sep, 2010 millennium ecosystem assessment ecosystem services the benefits people obtain from ecosystems regulating benefits obtained from regulation of ecosystem processes climate regulation disease regulation flood regulation provisioning goods produced or provided by ecosystems food fresh water fuel wood genetic resources. Table 1 reproduces the millennium ecosystem assessment ecosystem service categories, illustrating several services provided by coastal ecosystems. Sustainable development 2010 target to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss within. The first product of the millennium ecosystem assessment ma, a fouryear.
Millennium ecosystem assessment world resources institute. Millennium ecosystem assessment by their love of the natural world. The concept of ecosystem services developed in the second half of the 20th century, and the millennium ecosystem assessment was crucial for its acceptance. Sep 18, 2010 published on sep 18, 2010 this is a spot created by cvf and sponsored by unep, to give visibility and make people understand what is the millennium ecosystem assessment. It popularized the term ecosystem services, the benefits gained by humans from ecosystems. Their findings provide a stateoftheart scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the worlds ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as. Chapter 4 biodiversity millennium ecosystem assessment. Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation 3 key messages linking biophysical aspects of ecosystems with human benefits through the notion of ecosystem services is essential to assess the tradeoffs ecological, sociocultural, economic and monetary. In practice, however, biodiversity conservation and local peoples livelihoods often compete particularly in. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma constitutes the first and most. A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and. Global freshwater use is estimated to expand 10% from 2000 to 2010, down from a per decade rate of about 20% between 1960 and 2000. Even though the intended audience is decisionmakers, the scientific community is involved as assessments are being made, especially when research and data gaps become.
Biodiversity indicators, ecosystem services and local. The millennium ecosystem assessment ma was launched by united nations. It is cochaired by angela cropper of the cropper foundation and harold mooney of stanford university. The millennium development goals report 2010 5 towards 2015 the millennium declaration represents the most important promise ever made to the worlds most vulnerable people. Climate change, human health, and unsustainable development. Mooney, angela cropper, doris capistrano, stephen r. Any progress achieved in addressing the goals of poverty and hunger eradication, improved health, and environmental protection is unlikely to be sustained if most of the ecosystem services on which humanity relies continue to be degraded, said the study, millennium ecosystem assessment ma synthesis report, conducted by 1,300 experts from 95 countries, including. A new conceptual framework is presented for the assessment of the impacts of environmental change drivers on ecosystem service provision and the policy and management responses that would derive from the valuation of these impacts. The working group assessment reports are between 500800 pages in length, with a volume of. Studies after the ma are taking up new challenges in the basic science needed to assess, project, and manage flows of ecosystem services and effects on human wellbeing.