Ecosystem Changes:Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry

The synthesis report,ecosystems and human well-being: opportunities and challenges for business and industry,was briefly introduced in this paper.This report indicates: ① Business interacts with ecosystem and ecosystem services in two important ways: It uses services and contribute to ecosystem change.②During the past 50 years(1950-2000),ecosystems have changed seriously and which are having or will have profoundly negative impacts on business.Meanwhile,important ecosystem changes relevant to business will inevitably occur in the next 50 years.③ Unprecedented changes in ecosystems and ecosystem services have caught great attention of governments,and the development of business will receive more regulatory constraints associated with ecosystem management.④ To achieve a long sustainable development,business must systematically recognize important changes in ecosystems and ecosystem services and attendant opportunities and challenges,and adjust development strategies correspondingly.