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Neville Ash

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre is the biodiversity information and assessment collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world’s foremost intergovernmental environmental organization, and WCMC, a U.K.-based charity.

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

A Manual for Assessment Practitioners

Designed by a partnership of UN agencies, international scientific organizations, and development agencies, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is the most extensive study ever of the linkages between the world’s ecosystems and human well-being. The goal of the MA is to establish the scientific basis for actions needed to enhance the contribution of ecosystems to human well-being without undermining their long-term productivity.