Sites linking to our Ecosystem Change Digest

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1. Environment and Health non-profit organizations
2. International institutions
3. Governmental institutions
4. Universities
5. Other websites

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1 Environment and Health non-profit organizations

• The Earth Legacy points towards the GreenFacts summary of the MA in an article titled "Urgent action needed to protect global environment, new report says": www.earthlegacy.org/press_room .
• The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (Cabs) at Conservation International (CI) links to GreenFacts' study on ecosystem change (under "Learn More") in reporting on the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.biodiversityscience.org/xp/CABS/home .
• The Natural Resources Defense Council (nrdc) points towards the GreenFacts summary of the MA in an article titled "Urgent action needed to protect global environment, new report says": www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/050330.asp .
• COM+, an international alliance of communicators for sustainable development, refer to the GreenFacts summary as the "popularized version" in an article on the MA report: www.complusalliance.org/templates/COMPLUS/COMPLUS2/layout.asp?MenuId=MzY 
• The German activist website Waldportal links to GreenFacts' Ecosystem Change study when reporting on the publication of the MA report: www.waldportal.org/news.allg.20050331  (in German).

2 International institutions

• The World Health Organization (WHO) links to the GreenFacts Digest (as the popularized version of the MA report) in an article titled "Damage to ecosystems poses growing threat to human health": www.who.int/globalchange/publications/masynthesis/en/ 
• The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), the international work programme that published the source document used in this study, also refers to the GreenFacts Digest as the 'popularized version' of their document. They link to the study for example from the webpage where all the different synthesis reports are presented: www.millenniumassessment.org/en/Synthesis.aspx .

3 Governmental institutions

• The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) links to the GreenFacts summary as the "popularized version" when reporting on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/archives/archives2005b.htm .
• EMU, a resource portal for education financed by the Danish Ministry of Education, links to the GreenFacts summary as the "popular edition" of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.geografi.dk/oldklip  (in Danish).
• The website of Finland’s environmental administration links to the GreenFacts Digest on Ecosystem Change from LUMONET (the Finnish Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity) at: www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=203931&lan=EN , also available in Finnish: www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=203929&lan=FI 

4 Universities

• ISSE, The Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, which is operated by UCAR, a non-profit consortium of over 100 universities in the US, points to the GreenFacts Digest in their newsletter:  www.isse.ucar.edu/pdf/newsletter_archive/april05.pdf.
• The Australian National University links to the GreenFacts Digest in the bulletin of their Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program:  http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/bulletins/bulletin_05_04_01.pdf.
• Baltic21, an information site on sustainable development by and for universities in the Baltic region, links to the GreenFacts summary in their report on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.balticuniv.uu.se/esd/resources/reports.shtml .
• The University of Toronto's module on Global Change provides students with a link to the GreenFacts summary of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.cquest.utoronto.ca/env/env200y/ESSAY06/05-06bonus_assignment.html .

5 Other websites

• The Development Gateway Foundation (DGF links to this GreenFacts Digest on Ecosystem Change in the Environment and Development part of its website: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/rc/ItemDetail.do~1034465 
• EurActiv links to this GreenFacts Digest on Ecosystem Change in an article titled "New UN report warns of eco-collapse": www.euractiv.com/Article?_lang=EN&tcmuri=tcm:29-137378-16&type=News , and at: www.euractiv.com/en/environment/environment-health-strategy-scale/ .
• EnergyBulletin.net publishes an article on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) that originally appeared in the UK newspaper The Independent, and points to the GreenFacts summary in its Editorial Notes: www.energybulletin.net/4987 .
• EcoEarth, an information gateway empowering the movement for environmental sustainability: www.ecoearth.info/links/Sustainability/Information/welcome.asp 
• Sustainability Now is a website run by engineers that aims to increase awareness about sustainability and make it common practice in engineering www.sustainability.ca/index.cfm?body=SourceView.cfm&ID=775 .