摘要: Within the next 50 to 100 years, support and maintenance of an extended human family 8 11 billion people will be difficult at best. The authors this Policy Forum describe changes that are required if we hope meet needs aspirations humans while improving health our planet9s ecosystems. Problems as diverse disease transmission global climate change have benefited substantially from advances in ecology. Such set stage for emergence a proactive ecological science which social political realities acknowledged attention is turned decisively toward future. sciences must chart understanding how ecosystem services can persist given their extensive use. Innovative research on services, restoration, design massively accelerated accompanied by more effective communication knowledge society.