Elena Bennett is Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and the McGill School of Environment at McGill University in Montreal. Previously, as a postdoctoral researcher, she coordinated the Scenarios Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and co-edited Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Scenarios for the Future of Ecosystem Services. She is the author of over forty peer-reviewed publications on ecosystem services, particularly focusing on agricultural production and its impact on water quality. Bennett holds a PhD in ecosystem science from the University of Wisconsin.