8:00 AM: , INTRODUCTION: E. BENNETT.

8:05 AM: Mooney, Harold, , Introduction to Core Findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

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8:30 AM: Scholes, Robert^*,1, Hassan, Rashid², Ash, Neville³, ¹ Division of Water, Environment and Forest Technology, Pretoria, South Africa² Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, Pretoria, South Africa³ Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Condition and trend in ecosystem services.

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8:55 AM: Naeem, Shahid^*,1, Duraiappah, Anantha², ¹ Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, New York, NY, USA² International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The role of biodiversity in ecosystem services.

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9:20 AM: Samper, Cristian^*,, Capistrano, Doris, , Ecosystem assessments across scales: Findings of the subglobal assessments.

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9:45 AM: , BREAK.

10:05 AM: Biggs, Reinette^*,1, Desanker, Paul², Fabricius, Christo³, Lynam, Timothy⁴, Scholes, Robert¹, van Jaarsveld, Albert⁵, ¹ Division of Water, Environment and Forestry Technology, Pretoria, South Africa² Department of Geography, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA³ Department of Environmental Science, Grahamstown, South Africa⁴ Institute of Environmental Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe⁵ Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Case study: Multi-scale assessment of ecosystem services in southern Africa.

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10:30 AM: Bennett, Elena ^*,1, Carpenter, Stephen ¹, Zurek, Monika², Pingali, Prabhu², ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA² Agricultural Sector in Economic Development, Rome, Italy, Comparing alternate futures of ecosystem services and human well-being : The Millennium Assessment scenarios.

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10:55 AM: Wall, Diana¹, ¹ Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, Ecosystem services and the Millennium Development Goals.

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11:20 AM: , DISCUSSION.