CHAPTER 1 LINKING PEOPLE AND ECOSYSTEMS
How Viable ARe Earth’s Ecosystems?
Losing the Link?
Adopting a Human Perspective
Sources of Wealth and Well-Being
Direct and Indirect Benefits
Managing Ecosystems: Trade-Offs and Costs
How are Ecosystems Degraded?
What Drives Degradation?
Who Owns Ecosystems?
Managing for Ecosystem Health
CHAPTER 2 TAKING STOCK OF ECOSYSTEMS
A Unique Approach
A Global synthesis of Current Information
The “Big Picture, ” but with Limitations
PAGE Findings: What Shape Are the World’s Ecosystems In?
The Bottom Line
AGROECOSYSTEMS
Characterizing Ecosystems Assessing Goods and Services
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
Extent and Modification
Assessing Goods and Services
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
Extent and Modification
Assessing Goods and Services
FRESHWATER SYSTEMS
Extent and Modification
Assessing Goods and Services
GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEMS
Extent and Modification
Assessing Goods and Services
APPENDIX
MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS
POLAR ECOSYSTEMS
URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
CHAPTER 3 LIVING IN ECOSYSTEMS
AGROECOSYSTEMS
Regaining the High Ground: Reviving the Hillsides of Machakos, Kenya
Cuba’s Agricultural REvolution: A Return to Oxen and Organics
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
Replumbing the Everglades: Large-Scale Wetlands Restoration in South Florida
Managing Mankote Mangrove
Bolinao Rallies Around Its Reef
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
Up from the Roots: Regenerating Dhani Forest through Community Action
FRESHWATER SYSTEMS
Working for Water, Working for Human Welfare in South Africa
Managing the Mekong River: Will a Regional Approach Work?
New York City’s Watershed Protection Plan
GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS
Sustaining the Steppe: The Future of Mongolia’s Grasslands
CHAPTER 4 ADOPTING AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH
What Should We Do to Adopt an Ecosystem Approach?
What Does the Future Hold?
A Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
What Better Time Than Now?
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