[1] Strategically, MAHB is aiming to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy action so as to alter public perception of these issues as well as to understand why desperate conservation needs are barely responded to.
It aims to bring together civil society groups and related organizations to build networks, share information and act together.
[2] Thus it was decided to retain the well-known acronym and re-focus the name to a more accurate description: the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere.
In April 2014 a chapter[4] detailing the MAHB's scientific approach and research agenda for sustainability was included in the book Understanding Society and Natural Resources.
[5] The chapter was co-authored by Ilan Kelman, Eugene A. Rosa, Tom R. Burns, Paul Ehrlich, Joan M. Diamond, Nora Machado, Donald Kennedy, and Lennart Olsson.