Biodiversity Scenarios

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 9292252186

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Biodiversity Scenarios by Anonim Pdf

This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. The term "biodiversity" is used in a broad sense as it is defined in the Convention on Biological Diversity to mean the abundance and distributions of and interactions between genotypes, species, communities, ecosystems and biomes. This synthesis pays particular attention to the interactions between biodiversity and ecosystem services and to critical "tipping points" that could lead to large, rapid and potentially irreversible changes. Comparisons between models are used to estimate the range of projections and to identify sources of uncertainty. Experiments and observed trends are used to check the plausibility of these projections.

Author : Chourasia, Naveen Kumar,Chahal, Kavita
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781668490365

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Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century by Chourasia, Naveen Kumar,Chahal, Kavita Pdf

Quantitative models are increasingly being used to assess the impact of socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and environmental services. Regardless of the scenario, the decline of biodiversity will continue throughout the 21st century. Land-use changes drive biodiversity changes in terrestrial systems, while overfishing drives changes in marine systems, and climate change affects all realms. The loss of habitats will lead to local population decreases, and global extinctions will occur at unpredictable rates due to the lag between environmental changes and their effects. To address this, we need to focus more on the relationship between the decline of ecosystem services and the position of species responsible for that function in the trophic hierarchy. Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century makes biodiversity scenarios understandable, relevant, and valuable to stakeholders by using effective language and focused communication techniques. Instead of merely showing the potential effects of global change on biodiversity, scenarios should consider the feedback connecting environmental forces. Biodiversity provides numerous essential environmental services crucial to human well-being both now and in the future. The climate is a critical component of ecosystem functioning and directly and indirectly affects human health. The target audience includes biology and environmental science students and faculty, scientists, social workers who generate and collaborate on biodiversity scenarios, policymakers, and corporations with a basic science understanding.

Author : F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461301578

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Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment by F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Pdf

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in the earths environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, the book provides a starting-point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.

Author : F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Publisher : Springer
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387952497

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Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment by F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Pdf

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in the earths environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, the book provides a starting-point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.

Author : Andreas Kontoleon,Unai Pascual,Timothy Swanson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139466257

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Biodiversity Economics by Andreas Kontoleon,Unai Pascual,Timothy Swanson Pdf

Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.

Author : Brian Groombridge,Martin Jenkins
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520236688

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World Atlas of Biodiversity by Brian Groombridge,Martin Jenkins Pdf

Global biological diversity, ecosystem diversity.

Author : Adrian C. Newton
Publisher : CABI
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781845932619

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Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes by Adrian C. Newton Pdf

This book is the result of an international collaborative research effort focusing on the tropical montane forests of Mexico and the temperate rain forests of southern South America. The over-all aim of the research was to investigate the impact of human activity on the key processes influencing biodiversity in fragmented forest landscapes, and to use the research results to develop practical tools for evaluating land use decisions, thereby indicating how sustainable forest management might be achieved in practice.

Author : Paul Leadley,Henrique Miguel Pereira,Rob Alkemade,Juan F.. Fernandez-Manjarres,Vania Proenca,Jorn P. W.. Scharlemann,Matt J.. Walpole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292252194

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Scénarios de biodiversité by Paul Leadley,Henrique Miguel Pereira,Rob Alkemade,Juan F.. Fernandez-Manjarres,Vania Proenca,Jorn P. W.. Scharlemann,Matt J.. Walpole Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 5485 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780123847201

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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity by Anonim Pdf

The 7-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Second Edition maintains the reputation of the highly regarded original, presenting the most current information available in this globally crucial area of research and study. It brings together the dimensions of biodiversity and examines both the services it provides and the measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity. The science of biodiversity has become the science of our future. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning areas of both physical and life sciences. Our awareness of the loss of biodiversity has brought a long overdue appreciation of the magnitude of this loss and a determination to develop the tools to protect our future. Second edition includes over 100 new articles and 226 updated articles covering this multidisciplinary field— from evolution to habits to economics, in 7 volumes The editors of this edition are all well respected, instantly recognizable academics operating at the top of their respective fields in biodiversity research; readers can be assured that they are reading material that has been meticulously checked and reviewed by experts Approximately 1,800 figures and 350 tables complement the text, and more than 3,000 glossary entries explain key terms

Author : Jogeir N. Stokland
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 928930880X

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Forest Biodiversity Indicators in the Nordic Countries by Jogeir N. Stokland Pdf

Author : Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 9292252208

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Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 by Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Pdf

"Written by Tim Hirsch with Kieran Mooney, Robert H'oft, and David Cooper"--P. 90.

Author : Melissa R. Marselle,Jutta Stadler,Horst Korn,Katherine N. Irvine,Aletta Bonn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030023188

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Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change by Melissa R. Marselle,Jutta Stadler,Horst Korn,Katherine N. Irvine,Aletta Bonn Pdf

This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.

Author : Thomas Elmqvist,Michail Fragkias,Julie Goodness,Burak Güneralp,Peter J. Marcotullio,Robert I. McDonald,Susan Parnell,Maria Schewenius,Marte Sendstad,Karen C. Seto,Cathy Wilkinson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400770881

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Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities by Thomas Elmqvist,Michail Fragkias,Julie Goodness,Burak Güneralp,Peter J. Marcotullio,Robert I. McDonald,Susan Parnell,Maria Schewenius,Marte Sendstad,Karen C. Seto,Cathy Wilkinson Pdf

Urbanization is a global phenomenon and the book emphasizes that this is not just a social-technological process. It is also a social-ecological process where cities are places for nature, and where cities also are dependent on, and have impacts on, the biosphere at different scales from local to global. The book is a global assessment and delivers four main conclusions: Urban areas are expanding faster than urban populations. Half the increase in urban land across the world over the next 20 years will occur in Asia, with the most extensive change expected to take place in India and China Urban areas modify their local and regional climate through the urban heat island effect and by altering precipitation patterns, which together will have significant impacts on net primary production, ecosystem health, and biodiversity Urban expansion will heavily draw on natural resources, including water, on a global scale, and will often consume prime agricultural land, with knock-on effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services elsewhere Future urban expansion will often occur in areas where the capacity for formal governance is restricted, which will constrain the protection of biodiversity and management of ecosystem services

Author : Roel Slootweg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521888417

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Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment by Roel Slootweg Pdf

First of its kind and unique in its blend of theoretical and practical approaches for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment.

Author : Michel Loreau,Andy Hector,Forest Isbell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119902904

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The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss by Michel Loreau,Andy Hector,Forest Isbell Pdf

The idea that changes in biodiversity can impact how ecosystems function has, over the last quarter century, gone from being a controversial notion to an accepted part of science and policy. As the field matures, it is high time to review progress, explore the links between this new research area and fundamental ecological concepts, and look ahead to the implementation of this knowledge. This book is designed to both provide an up-to-date overview of research in the area and to serve as a useful textbook for those studying the relationship between biodiversity and the functioning, stability and services of ecosystems. The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss is aimed at a wide audience of upper undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and academic and research staff.