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RECORD NUMBER: 1014 OF 1017Main Title | World resources, 2000-2001 : people and ecosystems, the fraying web of life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher | World Resources Institute, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 48263567 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 1569734437 (pbk.); 9781569734438 (pbk.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Natural resources--Health aspects ; Environmental health ; Environmental degradation--Health aspects ; Human beings--Effect of environment on ; Recursos naturais ; Proteðcäao ambiental ; Ecossistemas terrestres ; èOkosystem ; Mensch ; Umweltschutz ; Environmental management ; Biotic communities ; Nature--effect of humans on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collation | ix, 389 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | "United Nations Development programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute." Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-384) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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 oxen and organics -- Coastal ecosystems : Replumbing the everglades : large-scale wetlands restoration in South Florida ; Managing Mankáotáe 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? |