December 3, 2001 – Download the revised Response Options Working Group outline. Please use this outline for Response Options nominations submitted after December 3.
November 22 2001 -A symposium on medical response for animals to natural catastrophes including assessment of pet meds and deployment.
October 31, 2001 – The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is seeking nominations of social and natural scientists to participate as experts or reviewers in the MA process. Download the Call for Nominations and the 1st Draft MA Technical Volume Outlines.
United Nations Launches Extensive Study of Earth’s Ecosystems
On June 5, 2001, World Environment Day, the United Nations, scientific groups, governments, foundations, and other international agencies, launched the most extensive study of the state of the world’s ecosystems.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) will examine the processes that support life on earth like the world’s grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes, farmlands, and oceans. The $21 million, four-year effort will involve 1,500 of the world’s leading scientists.
“The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment will map the health of our planet, and so fill important gaps in the knowledge that we need to preserve it,” said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in launching the study. “All of us have to share the Earth’s fragile ecosystems and precious resources, and each of us has to play a role in preserving them. If we are to go on living together on this earth, we must all be responsible for it.” Read the full press release
Ecosystem Data to Guide Hard Choices
An international assessment of the impact of changes to ecosystems on the goods and services they provide will provide a foundation for wise policy-making.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) will improve the management of the world’s natural and managed ecosystems by helping to meet the needs of decision-makers (in governments and the private sector) and the public for peer-reviewed, policy-relevant scientific information on the condition of ecosystems, consequences of ecosystem change, and options for response. The MA will provide information and also build human and institutional capacity to provide information. A diverse group of experts from the natural and social sciences, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector will undertake the assessment over a four year period, beginning in April 2001. Read more
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Welcome To Our New Website
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’s website has been updated and redesigned from the ground up.
The Millennium Assessment website has been totally redesigned and updated. This new site makes its debut just as work officially begins on designing the assessment itself. As the MA moves forward, we anticipate that this site will continue to grow and evolve. This website will become the primary connection among the various Working Groups of the assessment, but will also hopefully become an excellent source of information for anyone interested in ecosystem assessment design, or become an educational aid for those wanting to learn about ecosystem health. Your comments about this site are welcome at any time, and should be directed to the Communications and Outreach Committee. email
Announcements
December 3, 2001 – Download the revised Response Options Working Group outline. Please use this outline for Response Options nominations submitted after December 3.
November 22 2001 – The document Sub-Global Assessment Selection Process is available for download.
November 7, 2001 – The document Draft MA Publication and Review Procedures is available for download.
October 31, 2001 – The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is seeking nominations of social and natural scientists to participate as experts or reviewers in the MA process. Download the Call for Nominations and the 1st Draft MA Technical Volume Outlines.
October 18, 2001 – The Summary of the 2nd Technical Design Workshop is now available.
September 27, 2001 – The third draft of the User Needs Outline is now available. The Secretariat thanks those who submitted comments on the first draft. This draft incorporates initial feedback, and will be used to stimulate discussion at the Technical Design Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa October 8-11, 2001. We continue to welcome your input on this and subsequent drafts.
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