Indicators of Ecosystem Status
Indicators of Ecosystem Status
Indicators of Ecosystem Status
Ecosystem Management assumes that inter-generational sustainability must be a precondition for the continued provision of ecosystem goods and services. All of these goods and services derive from a diverse array of functions performed by an ecosystem. However ecosystems have been under great pressure by human activities.
Managing ecosystems effectively thus requires the development of baseline standard against which changes within ecosystems can be measured. This is the first step towards the development of indicators at the ecosystem level.
CEM is working with the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Project, Society for Conservation Biology and other partners in developing these indicators of the status of ecosystems around the world.
Contact
For further information please contact CEM Global Theme Leader on Indicators of Ecosystem Status, Dr. Mohd Nordin Hasan, on nordin.hasan@icsu-asia-pacific.org.
