Munasinghe, Mohan (Lead Author); Munasinghe Institute for Sust DV (Content Partner); Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor). 2007. Prospects and status of millennium development goals. In Encyclopedia of Earth, eds. Cutler J. Cleveland. Washington, D.C.: EIC.

1.4.1.5 HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: Simply sketched interactions - Millennium Development Goals At the turn of the century, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted some sixty goals that addressed peace, development, environment, human rights, the vulnerable, hungry, and poor, Africa, and the United Nations. Many of these contained specific targets for human-environment systems such as cutting poverty in half or insuring universal primary school education by 2015. For the eight major goals currently monitored by international institutions, many countries will fall short in meeting them at current rates of progress, particularly in Africa. Yet the goals still seem attainable by collective action both by the world community and by national governments. The Reading sets out the author’s view of the disappointing progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in reducing hunger, achieving health, educating children, and sustaining the environment at the half way mark to 2015.

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