Ecosystem Changes, Biodiversity Loss and Human Well-Being

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 215-224

  Proenca V M ^a   Pereira, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

2010 target; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Ecosystem change; Ecosystem services; Environmental sustainability; Fire; Forests; Human well being; Millennium Development Goals; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865390840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00363-9     Document Type: Chapter

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