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Full text: Chapters 1-4, World Resources 2000-2001 (zipped)
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This millennial edition focuses on five critical ecosystems that have been shaped by the interaction of physical environment, biological conditions, and human intervention: croplands, forests, coastal zones, freshwater systems, and grasslands.

People and ecosystems: The fraying web of life (Executive summary, full text)
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An overview focusing on five critical ecosystems that have been shaped by the interaction of physical environment, biological conditions, and human intervention: croplands, forests, coastal zones, freshwater systems, and grasslands.

Table of contents
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Lists contents for full 400-page World Resources 2000-2001 report.

Chapter 1. Linking people and ecosystems (zipped)
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In every respect, human development and human security are closely linked ot the productivity of ecosystems. Our future rests squarely on their continued viability.

Chapter 1: Linking people and ecosystems (full text)
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In every respect, human development and human security are closely linked ot the productivity of ecosystems. Our future rests squarely on their continued viability.

• Box 1.1 History of use and abuse (94 KB)
• Box 1.2 Linking ecosystems and people (114 KB)
• Box 1.3 Water filtration and purification (80 KB)
• Box 1.4 Pollination (108 KB)
• Box 1.5 Biological diversity (94 KB)
• Box 1.6 Carbon storage (93 KB)
• Box 1.7 Linking people and ecosystems: Human-induced pressures (115 KB)
• Box 1.8 Invasive species (79 KB)
• Box 1.9 Trade-offs: Lake Victoria's ecosystem balance sheet (80 KB)
• Box 1.10 Domesticating the world: conversion of natural ecosystems (127 KB)
• Box 1.11 How much do we consume? (98 KB)
• Box 1.12 The human population (81 KB)
• Box 1.13 Pollution and ecosystems (90 KB)
• Box 1.14 Valuing the invaluable (124 KB)
• Box 1.15 Ecotourism and Conservation: Are they compatible? (70 KB)
• Box 1.16 Uprooting communal tenure in Indonesian forests (130 KB)
• Box 1.17 Rural poverty and adaptation (621 KB)

Chapter 2. Taking stock of ecosystems (zipped)
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This chapter takes on the critical question: What condition are the world's ecosystems in?

Chapter 2. Taking stock of ecosystems (full text)
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This chapter takes on the critical question: What condition are the world's ecosystems in?

• Box 2.1: The Difficulty of Assessing Ecosystems (65 KB)
• Box 2.2: Terrestrial storage of carbon (68 KB)
• Box 2.3: Are We Altering Earth’s Basic Chemical Cycles? (58 KB)
• Agroecosystems (1,621 KB)
• Coastal ecosystems (651 KB)
• Forest ecosystems (492 KB)
• Freshwater systems (4,621 KB)
• Grassland ecosystems (398 KB)

Chapter 3. Living in ecosystems (zipped)
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Chapter 3. Living in ecosystems (full text)
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• Agroecosystems -- Regaining the high ground: Reviving the hillsides of Machakos (4,413 KB)
• Cuba's agricultural revolution: A return to oxen and organics (2,852 KB)
• Coastal ecosystems -- Replumbing the Everglades: Large-scale wetlands restoration in South Florida (4,959 KB)
• Managing Mankòtè mangrove (1,733 KB)
• Bolinao rallies aroud its reef (1,708 KB)
• Forest ecosystems -- Up from the roots: Regenerating Dhani Forest through community action (768 KB)
• Freshwater systems -- Working for water, working for human welfare in South Africa (5,855 KB)
• Managing the Mekong River: Will a regional approach work? (3,161 KB)
• New York City's Watershed Protection Plan (3,373 KB)
• Grassland ecosystems -- Sustaining the steppe: The future of Mongolia's grasslands (7,095 KB)

Chapter 4. Adopting and ecosystem approach (zipped)
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Chapter 4. Adopting an ecosystem approach (full text)
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• Box 4.1: What is an ecosystem approach? (100 KB)
• Box 4.2: Differences between traditional forest management and an ecosystem approach to forest management (60 KB)
• Box 4.3: The need for integrated ecosystem assessments (100 KB)
• Box 4.4: Using information to support an ecosystem approach (100 KB)
• Box 4.5: Filling the information gap (100 KB)
• Box 4.6: The call for a millennium ecosystem assessment (100 KB)

Acronyms
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Acronyms used in report

Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements

Notes
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Notes

Index
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Index