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Policies For Sustainable Governance Of Global Ecosystem Services

Edited by Janet Ranganathan, Director, People and Ecosystems Program, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, US, Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Colombo, and Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Geneva, Switzerland and Frances Irwin, Fellow, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, US
Contents:

Editor’s Introduction

Action Agenda for Sustaining Ecosystem Services
Frances Irwin and Janet Ranganathan

PART I: INCORPORATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND PRACTICE
1. Mainstreaming and Implementing the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Results by Integrating them into Sustainable Development Strategy: Applying the Action Impact Matrix Methodology
Mohan Munasinghe

2. Development, Ecosystems and Governance: What are the Priorities for Policy Makers?
Antonio La Vina

3. To Change Global Change: Ecosystem Transformation and Conflict in the 21st Century
Nicolás J. Lucas, Iokiñe Rodriguez and Hernán Darío Correa

4. Putting the Assessment into Action: Six Steps for Governments
Lailai Li

5. From Assessment to Action: Operationalizing Environmental Sustainability at the National Level
Guido Schmidt-Traub and Albert Cho

6. Environmental Policy Priorities for the World Bank
Robert Goodland

PART II: USING NEW TOOLS AND SKILLS
7. A Scenarios Approach to Developing Ecosystem Management Strategies
Mark E. Bateman

8. The Implications of Interdisciplinary Scientific Assessments for Environmental Governance
Richard B. Norgaard

9. Looking Back and Ahead in Ecosystems: Reflections on the Lessons of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Anthony C. Janetos

10. Policy Actions to Help Move Us Towards Ecosystem Security
Karin M. Krchnak

11. Framing the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Messages for Political Resonance
Frances Seymour

PART III: BUILDING INSTITUTIONS TO SUSTAIN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
12. Meeting the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Challenge: The Case for Biome Stewardship Councils
Sudhir Chella Rajan

13. Smart Globalization: Opportunities for Business, Scientific and Political Leadership
David Jhirad

14. A Commission to Spur Investments in Ecosystem Services for the Poor
Frances Irwin

Index
2008 400 pp Hardback 978 1 84720 244 4 £ 89.95 on-line discount £ 80.96
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