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Article: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.(Forum)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
- Author:
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is the largest assessment to date of the health of the world's ecosystems. Launched in 2001 by United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan and authorized by governments through four international conventions, the MA is intended as a tool to inform decision makers and the public. The documents flowing forth from this work, which was completed in March 2005, have been prepared by 1,360 experts from 95 countries, with an 80-person independent board of review editors. The documents draw on information gathered from the scientific literature, existing data sets, and scientific models, and incorporate knowledge gleaned from the ...