Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods: The State of the Planet in 2004
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| Auteur(s) | Brackett, D. Medellín, R.A. Caceres, C. Mainka, S. |
| Date | Juin 2004 |
| Type de référence | papier |
| Nom de source | Commissioned Issue Paper of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Environmental Sustainability |
| Pages | 23 pp. |
Résumé
Biodiversity is under-valued and under threat. Our ability to establish values and understand threats is far from complete. While the threats to various components of biodiversity vary according to region, the principal underlying threats are human population dynamics; wealth, poverty and inequity; consumer attitudes and preferences; and market failures and policy distortions. Attempts to prioritise areas for biodiversity conservation have concentrated on areas of high diversity of biodiversity components and do not include evaluation of the ecosystem services provided. Keeping in mind that ecosystem services are crucial even in areas of low diversity, each country should develop and implement a national biodiversity strategy and action plan. If the world is to meet the 2010 biodiversity target, the ability to measure impacts and responses to management interventions is hindered by the lack of fundamental biodiversity information. We recommend addressing the institutional challenge of mainstreaming biodiversity within all sectors in the development world. We further recommend addressing the technological challenge of putting in place a Global Life Observation System.
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interactions pauvreté-environnement
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http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/TF6%20IP1%20Biodiversity.pdf
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