Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Wetlands and Water (full report)

Published: 2005, World Resources Institute
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• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Panel
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
• Contributors

• Key Messages
• Foreword
• Reader’s Guide and Acknowledgments
• Summary for Decision-makers
• Ecosystems and Human Well-being
1. Introduction
2. Distribution of Wetlands and Their Species
3. Wetland Services
4. Drivers of Loss and Change to Wetland Ecosystems
5. Human Well-being
6. Scenarios for the Future of Wetlands
7. Responses for the Wise Use of Wetlands

• Appendix A. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Figure Sources
• Appendix B. Assessment Report Tables of Contents

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