Authors
Anne D Guerry, Stephen Polasky, Jane Lubchenco, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Gretchen C Daily, Robert Griffin, Mary Ruckelshaus, Ian J Bateman, Anantha Duraiappah, Thomas Elmqvist, Marcus W Feldman, Carl Folke, Jon Hoekstra, Peter M Kareiva, Bonnie L Keeler, Shuzhuo Li, Emily McKenzie, Zhiyun Ouyang, Belinda Reyers, Taylor H Ricketts, Johan Rockström, Heather Tallis, Bhaskar Vira
Publication date
2015/6/16
Journal
Proceedings of the National academy of Sciences
Volume
112
Issue
24
Pages
7348-7355
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Description
The central challenge of the 21st century is to develop economic, social, and governance systems capable of ending poverty and achieving sustainable levels of population and consumption while securing the life-support systems underpinning current and future human well-being. Essential to meeting this challenge is the incorporation of natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides into decision-making. We explore progress and crucial gaps at this frontier, reflecting upon the 10 y since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. We focus on three key dimensions of progress and ongoing challenges: raising awareness of the interdependence of ecosystems and human well-being, advancing the fundamental interdisciplinary science of ecosystem services, and implementing this science in decisions to restore natural capital and use it sustainably. Awareness of human dependence on nature is at an all-time …
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