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Millennium Ecosystem Assesment
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

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## Guide to the Millennium Assessment Reports

### Full Reports

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The Working Group assessment reports are between 500–800 pages in length, with a volume of summaries of about 120 printed pages. [Learn more](Global.html)

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### Synthesis Reports

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The first set of assessment reports consists of an overall synthesis and 5 others that interpret the MA findings for specific audiences. [Learn more](Synthesis.html)

[Overall synthesis](../documents/document.356.aspx.pdf)

[Biodiversity](../documents/document.354.aspx.pdf)

[Desertification](../documents/document.355.aspx.pdf)

[Business & Industry](../documents/document.353.aspx.pdf)

[Wetlands and Water](../documents/document.358.aspx.pdf)

[Health](../documents/document.357.aspx.pdf)

### Statement of the MA Board

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The MA Board of Directors has developed an interpretation of the key messages to emerge from the assessment, entitled _Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-Being_.

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### A Framework for Assessment

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In late 2003, the MA and Island Press published _Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment._ This volume lays out the assumptions, processes and parameters that were used in the MA. [Learn more](Framework.html)

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## About the Millennium Assessment

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. From 2001 to 2005, the MA involved the work of more than 1,360 experts worldwide. Their findings provide a state-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably.

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