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the Caribbean Sea and Papua New Guinea, and urban eco-
systems in Sweden and Brazil, among others. Many assess-
ments ... Atacama, Chile
Caribbean Sea
Coastal British Columbia, Canada
Bajo Chirripo, Costa Rica
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India Local Villages
Glomma Basin, Norway
Papua New Guinea
Vilcanota, Peru
Laguna ... Altai-Sayan and Trinidad). Local factors include
market access (for example, distance to market, as in Papua
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Madhav Gadgil, Habiba Gitay, Zuzana Guziova, Calestous Juma, John Krebs, Jane ... services (particularly supporting and
cultural services, such as soil formation and
recreational opportunities), andhuman well-
being indicators (such as human health and
social relations) were ... Cul-
tural Organization; UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment; United Kingdom Department for Environ-
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Ecosystems andHuman Well- being: Human Health Synthesis
Ecosystems andHuman Well- being: ... Assessment
Ecosystems andHuman Well- being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1
Ecosystems andHuman Well- being: Scenarios, Volume 2
Ecosystems andHuman Well- being: Policy Responses, Volume 3
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Juan Carlos Castilla
Robert Chambers
Kanchan Chopra
Angela Cropper
Gretchen C. Daily
Partha Dasgupta
Rudolf de Groot
Thomas Dietz
Anantha Kumar Duraiappah
Madhav Gadgil
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efforts.
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