UN Millennium Project

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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

Walter Reid

Walter Reid is the Director of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and is based at the World Fish Center (ICLARM) in Penang. Since 1998, Dr. Reid has led a process to establish the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which will be a four-year process designed to improve the management of the world's natural and managed ecosystems by helping to meet the needs of decision-makers and the public for peer-reviewed, policy-relevant scientific information on the condition of ecosystems, consequences of ecosystem change, and options for response. Dr. Reid has conducted scientific and policy research in the fields of biodiversity conservation, climate change, energy policy, sustainable agriculture, and biotechnology. Dr. Reid earned a PhD in zoology with specialisation in population and community ecology from the University of Washington.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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