World resources, 2000-2001 : people and ecosystems, the fraying web of life / World Resources Institute.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington, D.C. : World Resources Institute ; United Nations Environment Programme ; United Nations Development Programme ; World Bank, ©2000.Description: ix, 389 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781569734438
  • 1569734437
  • 08870403
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA565. W675 2000
Contents:
Contents: Ch.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 ecosystems? -- Who owns ecosystems? -- Managing for ecosystem health -- Ch.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 -- Ch.3 Living in ecosystems : Agroecosystems : Regaining the high ground, reviving the hillsides of Machakos, Kenya ; Cuba's agricultural revolution : a return to oven and organics -- Coastal ecosystems : Replumbing the everglades : large-scale wetlands restoration in South Florida ; Managing Mankòtè 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 -- Ch.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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Abstract: Considers ecological systems on a worldwide basis and analyzes their present health. Considers five major ecosystems--agricultural, coastal, forest, freshwater, and grasslands--on a worldwide basis and examines the polar and urban ecosystems more briefly. Contains statistics, vignettes of human activities relating to the five ecosystems.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Ch.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 ecosystems? -- Who owns ecosystems? -- Managing for ecosystem health -- Ch.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 -- Ch.3 Living in ecosystems : Agroecosystems : Regaining the high ground, reviving the hillsides of Machakos, Kenya ; Cuba's agricultural revolution : a return to oven and organics -- Coastal ecosystems : Replumbing the everglades : large-scale wetlands restoration in South Florida ; Managing Mankòtè 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 -- Ch.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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