Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis - A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorWorld Resources Institute
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:07:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:07:48Z
dc.date.issued2005
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.en
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dc.identifier.isbn1-56973-597-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8735
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number80 p.
dc.publisherMillennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
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 service
dc.subjectvalued ecosystem component
dc.subjectenvironmental economy issue
dc.subjectwater conservation
dc.subjectwater resource
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectwetland
dc.subjectwetland ecosystem
dc.subjectrestoration of water
dc.subject.classificationEcosystem management
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.titleEcosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis - A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessmenten
dc.typeTechnical report
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000037

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