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W. V. Reid
Publications - 22
Citations - 3026
W. V. Reid is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainable development & Intellectual property. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 22 publications receiving 2939 citations.
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Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.
James S. Clark,Steven R. Carpenter,Mary Barber,Scott L. Collins,Andrew P. Dobson,Jonathan A. Foley,David M. Lodge,Mercedes Pascual,Roger A. Pielke,William A. Pizer,Catherine M. Pringle,W. V. Reid,Kenneth A. Rose,Osvaldo E. Sala,William H. Schlesinger,Diana H. Wall,David N. Wear +16 more
TL;DR: Access to reliable forecasts of ecosystem state, ecosystem services, and natural capital will increase the ability to forecast ecosystem change and create a capacity to produce, evaluate, and communicate forecasts of critical ecosystem services.
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Conserving the World's Biological Diversity
TL;DR: The 1990s may be the last decade during which constructive and creative decisions, activities, and investments can be made to ensure that many of the world's species and ecosystems are maintained, examined for their material and ecological value, and promoted for sustainable use to support new and innovative approaches to development as mentioned in this paper.
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Keeping Options Alive: The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiversity
W. V. Reid,Kenton R. Miller +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of where the worlds species and genetic resources are located why they are valuable and a new analysis of species extinctions in tropical forests; presents a survey of the most recent findings of conservation biology; and suggests how these findings can be applied.
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Biodiversity Prospecting: Using Genetic Resources for Sustainable Development
W. V. Reid,S. A. Laird,Carrie A. Meyer,R. Gámez,Ana Sittenfeld,Daniel H. Janzen,M. A. Gollin,Calestous Juma +7 more
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Confronting the human dilemma.
TL;DR: Commentary in this week's Commentary three contributors to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment argue that such assessments should be a continuing process.