Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Synthesis Reports

The MA Synthesis reports are published by the MA and WRI, except where noted.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: General Synthesis

This report presents a synthesis and integration of the findings of the four MA Working Groups along with more detailed findings for selected ecosystem services concerning condition and trends and scenarios, and response options.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: General Synthesis
English | العربية | 中文 | Pусский

Summary for Decision Makers
Français | Portuguese | العربية | Español

Popularized Version of Ecosystems & Human Well-being
English | Français | E spañol

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Ecosystems and Human Well–being: Biodiversity Synthesis

Prepared for the CBD, this report provides an overview of biodiversity across the assessment, organized around a set of 6 questions which were initially posed by the CBD to the MA.

Ecosystems and Human Well–being: Biodiversity Synthesis
English | العربية | 中文 | Pусский

Biodiversity: Key Messages
中文 | Français | Pусский | العربية | Español

Popularized Version of Biodiversity Synthesis
English | Français | Español | Nederlands

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Desertification Synthesis

This report integrates findings of the MA related to current state and future trends of desertification and its impacts on ecosystems and human well-being, and is organized around a set of key information needs identified by the CCD.

Popularized Version of Desertification Synthesis
English | Français | Español

Ecosystems and Human Well–being: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry

This report synthesizes the key messages of the MA and discusses the implications of MA findings for the business community.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry
English | 中文 | العربية | Pусский | Español

Perspectives on the Findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
English

Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis

This report was written as a guide for the parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, on the MA findings concerning inland, coastal, and near-shore marine wetlands.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Wetlands and Water
English | العربية | 中文 | Pусский | Español

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Health Synthesis

The World Health Organization will publish this report, examining the linkages between ecosystems and human health. It The report looks as how ecosystem change and various management decisions affect human health, and considers the role of ecosystems in achieving the Millennium Development Goals with a particular focus on health.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Health Synthesis
E nglish | 中文 | Español

Ecosystems and Human Health: Some Findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
2-page Summary of Health Synthesis

Human Health Under Threat from Ecosystem Degradation
WHO Media Release