Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis
This report integrates findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments related to current state and future trends of desertification and its impacts on ecosystems and human well-being and is organized around a set of key information needs identified by the Convention to Combat Desertification since it contributes significantly to climate change and biodiversity loss. This report is aimed at showing how desertification is related to ecosystem services and human well-being and how it manifests itself and who is affected by desertification- its geographical extent and consequences of desertification beyond drylands. The major causes of desertification such as land use patterns and practices, social, economic and policy factors are discussed including how desertification can be prevented or reversed. This report further brings out linkages between desertification, global climate change and biodiversity loss, and how different future development paths will affect desertification.
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| Format: | Reports and Books biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
2005
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| Subjects: | ecosystem, ecosystem analysis, ecosystem degradation, ecosystem research, environmental assessment, biodiversity, environmental change, human health, human population, ecosystem services, valued ecosystem component, environmental economy issue, desert, desert climate, desertification, desertification control, climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Ecosystem Management, |
| Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8719 |
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