Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services

The report provides a global, map-based analysis of dryland ecosystems, examining their capacity to provide essential goods and services such as food, water, and carbon storage to support human livelihoods.

• The analysis focuses on a specific set of dryland ecosystem goods and services, including forage and livestock, food production, biodiversity conservation, freshwater, carbon storage, energy production, and tourism and recreation.
• The report serves as a baseline for other major dryland and ecosystem assessments, specifically the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA), and offers potential indicators for the United Nation’s Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
• The methodology relies heavily on geospatial technologies, utilizing remotely-sensed data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to create a map-rich presentation, supplementing global data with regional and national studies where necessary.

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

{{cite report |author=World Resources Institute |title=Drylands, People, and Ecosystem Goods and Services |url=https://www.wri.org/drylands-people-and-ecosystem-goods-and-services |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

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} }