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Katrina Z. S. Schwartz Assistant Professor 234 Anderson (352) 273-2371
kzss@ufl.edu
Office hours fall 2010 TBA
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1,300 scientific experts from 95 countries, commissioned by UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2001, assess the state of ecosystem
services (the benefits people obtain from ecosystems) today. They
discuss how
changes in ecosystem services have affected human wellbeing, how
ecosystem changes may affect people in future decades, and response
options that might be adopted at local, national, or global scales to
improve ecosystem management and thereby contribute to human well-being
and poverty alleviation.
Calculate your own "ecological footprint"! How many planets
would we need if everybody in the world consumed as many resources
as you do?
This is Latvia's major conservation organization, affiliated
with WWF-International, about whom I have written extensively.
The world's largest conservation organization.
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