Carpenter, S., R. Defries, T. Dietz, H.A. Mooney, S. Polasky, W.V. Reid and R.J. Scholes. 2006. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Research Needs. Science 314: 257-258. Keywords: 1a
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Research Needs
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- 1. General
- a. Summaries and Reviews (98)
- b. Foundations of ecosystem services (15)
- c. Early contributions (16)
- d. Classification schemes (32)
- e. Ethics (5)
- f. Uncertainty (6)
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- h. Option value, Irreserbility (10)
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- 2. Driver of ecosystem change
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- 4. Specific goods and services and biodiversity
- a. Surface water quantity (provision) (11)
- b. Surface water quality (29)
- c. Groundwater (quality or quantity) (11)
- d. Timing of water flows (flood control, drought mitigation) (7)
- e. Nutrient recycling (5)
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- u. Non-extractive recreation (hiking, birdwatching…) (8)
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- x. Biodiversity (207)
- y. Health (5)
- 5. Specific ecosystems
- 6. Scale
- 7. Market and non-market valuation
- 8. Policy, management and incentive mechanisms
- a. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) (71)
- b. Cap-and-trade (tradable development rights, carbon market, wetland banking) (5)
- c. Sector specific policies (agriculture, timber, fishery, industry) (52)
- d. Best management practices (14)
- e. Local or national level regulations (Endangered Species Act, zoning) (25)
- f. International conventions (Convention on Biological Diversity, CITES) (4)
- g. Auctions (8)
- 9. Other economic and policy related issues
- 10. Specific geographic locations of application (242)
