...regulation, spiritual fulfilment, and aesthetic enjoyment. Over the past 50 years, humans have changed these ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any...rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fibre, and fuel. This transformation of the planet has contributed to substantial net gains in human...

....3). The overall conclusions of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are predictably disconcerting: • Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems...in any comparable period of time in human history, primarily in order to meet rapidly growing demands for food, freshwater, timber, fibre and fuel. This...

...a very large, global study [13] has concluded that in the last 50 years, eco -systems have changed more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history and this has resulted in a substantial and irreversible loss in the diversity of life on the planet....

...innovate in reforming them and developing better ones. 1 7 Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems...demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. The changes that have been made to ecosystems have contributed to substantial net gains in human well-being...

...sustainable use of natural resources, refers that "over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystem more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable...demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber, and fuel" According to Luis Nuno Quental, among the diversity of motivations to war there is the competition...

...global ecological processes. According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, "over the past fifty years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly...comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber, and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial...

...that life as such is coming under threat. The so-called Millennium Ecosystem Assessment found that 'over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems...rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fibre and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of...

...Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. The report noted that, since 1950, "humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively...largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth."5 The changes, as we've described in previous chapters, have occurred on an unprecedented scale:...

...of both population and affluence. Again quoting the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems...in any comparable period of time in human history. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in J o J the diversity of life on...