1. What is this report about?
Ecosystem services Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services, the commodities that people use such as fiber, food, timber, and water; regulating services that affect climate, disease, floods, wastes, and water quality; cultural services that provide recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits; and supporting services that assist in soil formation, photosynthesis, and nutrient cycling. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment completed in 2005 found that overall people have made greater changes to ecosystems in the last half of the 20th century than at any time in human history. Overall these changes have enhanced human well-being, but have been accompanied by ever increasing degradation.
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Mooney, H. A., Cropper, A., & Reid, W. (2004). The millennium ecosystem assessment: What is it all about? , 19(5), 221–224. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.03.005
Retrieved July 9, 2016, from https://groups.nceas.ucsb.edu/sustainability-science/2010 weekly-sessions/session-5-2013-10.11.2010-the-environmental-services-that-flow-from-natural-capital/supplemental-readings-from-the-reader/MEA synthesis 2005.pdf/view
Carpenter, S. (2007). Millennium Ecosystem assessment findings overview of findings. Retrieved from http://limnology.wisc.edu/courses/zoo725/2007lectures/0423_MA.pdf
Wilson, M. E. (2008, October 8). Deforestation and Malaria Transmission. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from http://www.jwatch.org/id200810080000004/2008/10/08/deforestation-and-malaria-transmission
Lewis, L. (2016). Cholera, Dengue fever, and malaria: The unquestionable link to water. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from
Ecosystem services Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services, the commodities that people use such as fiber, food, timber, and water; regulating services that affect climate, disease, floods, wastes, and water quality; cultural services that provide recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits; and supporting services that assist in soil formation, photosynthesis, and nutrient cycling. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment completed in 2005 found that overall people have made greater changes to ecosystems in the last half of the 20th century than at any time in human history. Overall these changes have enhanced human well-being, but have been accompanied by ever increasing degradation.
The …show more content…
(515 words)
Sources
Mooney, H. A., Cropper, A., & Reid, W. (2004). The millennium ecosystem assessment: What is it all about? , 19(5), 221–224. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.03.005
Retrieved July 9, 2016, from https://groups.nceas.ucsb.edu/sustainability-science/2010 weekly-sessions/session-5-2013-10.11.2010-the-environmental-services-that-flow-from-natural-capital/supplemental-readings-from-the-reader/MEA synthesis 2005.pdf/view
Carpenter, S. (2007). Millennium Ecosystem assessment findings overview of findings. Retrieved from http://limnology.wisc.edu/courses/zoo725/2007lectures/0423_MA.pdf
Wilson, M. E. (2008, October 8). Deforestation and Malaria Transmission. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from http://www.jwatch.org/id200810080000004/2008/10/08/deforestation-and-malaria-transmission
Lewis, L. (2016). Cholera, Dengue fever, and malaria: The unquestionable link to water. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from