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050	0	0	_aRA565. _bW675 2000
245	0	0	_aWorld resources, 2000-2001 : _bpeople and ecosystems, the fraying web of life / _cWorld Resources Institute.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Resources Institute ; _bUnited Nations Environment Programme ; _bUnited Nations Development Programme ; _bWorld Bank, _c©2000.
300			_aix, 389 pages : _bcolor illustrations, color maps ; _c27 cm.
500			_aAbstract: 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.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: 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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650		0	_aEnvironmental health.
650		0	_aNatural resources – Health aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmental degradation – Health aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmental health – Handbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aHuman beings – Effect of environment on.
650		0	_aConservation of Natural Resources.
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