Scenario Planning

This report provides extensive background on and analysis of scenario planning to protect ecosystem services. Chapters address a Conceptual Framework, Global Scenarios in Historical Perspective, Ecology in Global Scenarios, State of Art in Describing Future Changes in Ecosystem Services, Rationale and Logics of the Scenarios, Methodology for Developing the MA Scenarios, Drivers of Change in Ecosystem Conditions and Services, Scenarios, Ecosystem Services across Scenarios, Biodiversity Across Scenarios, Human Well-being Across Scenarios, Trade-offs Among Ecosystem Services, Synthesis: Lessons Learned, and Synthesis: Policy Implications