Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board

dc.contributor.author	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
dc.coverage.spatial	Global
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:07:40Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:07:40Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8719
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	ecosystem
dc.subject	ecosystem analysis
dc.subject	ecosystem degradation
dc.subject	ecosystem research
dc.subject	environmental assessment
dc.subject	biodiversity
dc.subject	environmental change
dc.subject	human health
dc.subject	human population
dc.subject	ecosystem services
dc.subject	valued ecosystem component
dc.subject	environmental economy issue
dc.subject	desert
dc.subject	desert climate
dc.subject	desertification
dc.subject	desertification control
dc.subject	environmental change
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	climate change adaptation
dc.subject	climate change mitigation
dc.subject.classification	Ecosystem Management
dc.title	Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets
wd.identifier.old-id	10981
wd.identifier.uneplive	1
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 15 - Life on Land
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049