Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Biodiversity Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Biodiversity Synthesis ecosystemshumanw05kuma Year: 2005 Human well-being is the central focus for the MA, but biodiversity and ecosystems also have intrinsic value. People make decisions concerning ecosystems based on considerations of well-being as well as intrinsic value. A full assessment of the interactions between people and biodiversity requires a multiscale approach, as this better reflects the multiscale nature of decision-making, allows the examination of driving forces from outside particular regions, and
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Biodiversity Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Biodiversity Synthesis ecosystemshumanw05kuma Year: 2005 Human well-being is the central focus for the MA, but biodiversity and ecosystems also have intrinsic value. People make decisions concerning ecosystems based on considerations of well-being as well as intrinsic value. A full assessment of the interactions between people and biodiversity requires a multiscale approach, as this better reflects the multiscale nature of decision-making, allows the examination of driving forces from outside particular regions, and provides a means of examining the differential impact of changes in biodiversity, ecosystem services, and policy responses on different regions and groups within regions. The MA thus consists of a global assessment and 33 sub-global assessments. (See Figure B.) Figure B. MA Sub-global Assessments Eighteen sub-global assessments were approved as components of the MA. These were not designed to provide a scientific sample of any feature of ecosystems or human well-being. Instead, the choice of assessment locations was determined by a combination of interest in undertaking the assessment, interest in using the findings, and availability of resources to undertake the assessment. These assessments thus were primarily designed to meet needs of decision-makers in the locations where they were made, but they also informed the global MA findings with information and perspectives from the sub-global scale and vice versa. The MA also drew on information from 15 other sub-global assessments affiliated with the MA that met a subset of these criteria or were at earlier stages in development. Alaskan Boreal Forest -sT' Coastal British Columbia . Canada 1 .^J I Northern Lakes Wisconsin ' Bajo Chirripo -~ _ Costa Rica i. Coffee-growing region Colombia Stockholm and —' . Rristianstad Norway* #gWeden t Jj Portugal r~i' (PtMA)*./ Sinai Peninsula Egypt Tafilalt Oasis Altai-Sayan Ecoregion (ASER)
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