Walter Reid is entering uncharted territory.
The acting science director for the United Nations' recently launched Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has the unprecedented task of overseeing compilation of an evaluation of the world's ecosystems.
Not just one marsh or watershed. Not one town, country, or even continent — but the whole world.
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