Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services

This document introduces a web-based analysis by the World Resources Institute that uses geospatial technologies to examine the relationship between human livelihoods and ecosystem goods and services in the world's drylands.

• The report expands upon the 2000 Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE) by providing global-scale information on dryland goods and services, serving as baseline data for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA), and the United Nation’s Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
• The analysis utilizes remotely-sensed data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to focus on specific dryland goods and services, including food production, forage and livestock, freshwater, carbon storage, energy production, biodiversity conservation, and tourism and recreation.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services. https://www.wri.org/drylands-people-and-ecosystem-goods-and-services

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services. n.d. https://www.wri.org/drylands-people-and-ecosystem-goods-and-services.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutenddrylands, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/drylands-people-and-ecosystem-goods-and-services}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }