Priorities For Biodiversity Adaption To Climate Change

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 929225135X

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Review of the Literature on the Links Between Biodiversity and Climate Change by Anonim Pdf

The designations employed and the presentation of ISBN: 92-9225-136-8 material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of Copyright © 2009, Secretariat of the Convention on the Convention on Biological Diversity concerning the Biological Diversity legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerni [...] Ahmed Djoghlaf Where species and ecosystems are well protected and Executive Secretary healthy, natural adaptation may take place, as long as the Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Review of literature PREFACE These three literature reviews on the 'Links between evidence of the importance of natural ecosystems in the Biodiversity and Climate change: Impacts,Adaptation carbon cycle and in mitigat [...] Finally the third section aims to highlight the developments in our understanding of the role The IPCC 4th Assessment Report (AR4; IPCC 2007) of biodiversity in climate change mitigation, and the impacts concluded that climate change will have significant impacts of mitigation policies on biodiversity. [...] Models of future be large and more complex in the tropics, where the effects climate change suggest that these distributional changes of rising temperatures and reduced precipitation are may lead to severe range contractions and the extinction of exacerbated by the effects of land-use change. [...] Each of these sources Because of the importance of these impacts and of climate and modelling approaches has advantages and change itself, there has been a great deal of recent disadvantages (Thuiller et al 2008).

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Jelena Barbir,Richard Preziosi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319986814

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Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity by Walter Leal Filho,Jelena Barbir,Richard Preziosi Pdf

This book comprehensively describes essential research and projects on climate change and biodiversity. Moreover, it includes contributions on how to promote the climate agenda and biodiversity conservation at the local level. Climate change as a whole and global warming in particular are known to have a negative impact on biodiversity in three main ways. Firstly, increases in temperatures are detrimental to a number of organisms, especially those in sensitive habitats such as coral reefs and rainforests. Secondly, the pressures posed by a changing climate may lead to sets of responses in areas as varied as phenology, range and physiology of living organisms, often leading to changes in their lifecycles (especially but not only in reproduction), losses in productivity or even death. In some cases, the very survival of very sensitive species may be endangered. Thirdly, the impacts of climate change on biodiversity will be felt in the short term with regard to some species and ecosystems, but also in the medium and long term in many biomes. Indeed, if left unchecked, some of these impacts may be irreversible. Many individual governments, financial institutes and international donors are currently spending billions of dollars on projects addressing climate change and biodiversity, but with little coordination. Quite often, the emphasis is on adaptation efforts, with little emphasis on the connections between physio-ecological changes and the lifecycles and metabolisms of fauna and flora, or the influence of poor governance on biodiversity. As such, there is a recognized need to not only better understand the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, but to also identify, test and implement measures aimed at managing the many risks that climate change poses to fauna, flora and micro-organisms. In particular, the question of how to restore and protect ecosystems from the impact of climate change also has to be urgently addressed. This book was written to address this need. The respective papers explore matters related to the use of an ecosystem-based approach to increase local adaptation capacity, consider the significance of a protected areas network in preserving biodiversity in a changing northern European climate, and assess the impacts of climate change on specific species, including wild terrestrial animals. The book also presents a variety of case studies such as the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of Aleppo pine forest in Senalba (Algeria), climate change and biodiversity response in the Niger Delta region, and the effects of forest fires on the biodiversity and the soil characteristics of tropical peatlands in Indonesia. This is a truly interdisciplinary publication, and will benefit all scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies engaged in research and/or executing projects on climate change and biodiversity around the world.

Author : Susanne C. Moser,Maxwell T. Boykoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781135071295

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Successful Adaptation to Climate Change by Susanne C. Moser,Maxwell T. Boykoff Pdf

What does successful adaptation look like? This is a question we are frequently asked by planners, policy makers and other professionals charged with the task of developing and implementing adaptation strategies. While adaptation is increasingly recognized as an important climate risk management strategy, and on-the-ground adaptation planning activity is becoming more common-place, there is no clear guidance as to what success would look like, what to aim for and how to judge progress. This edited volume makes significant progress toward unpacking the question of successful adaptation, offering both scientifically informed and practice-relevant answers from various sectors and regions of the world. It brings together 18 chapters from leading experts within the field to present careful analyses of different cases and situations, questioning throughout commonly avowed truisms and unspoken assumptions that have pervaded climate adaptation science and practice to date. This book offers not one answer but demonstrates how the question of success in important ways is normative and context specific. It identifies the various dimensions of success, such as economic, political, institutional, ecological, and social, explores the tensions between them, and compiles encouraging evidence that resolutions can be found. The book appraises how climatic and non-climatic stressors play a role, what role science does and can play in adaptation decision making, and how trade-offs and other concerns and priorities shape adaptation planning and implementation on the ground. This is timely interdisciplinary text sheds light on key issues that arise in on-the-ground adaptation to climate change. It bridges the gap between science and practical application of successful adaptation strategies and will be of interest to both students, academics and practitioners.

Author : Joy Jacqueline Pereira,Mohd Khairul Zain,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811660887

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Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia by Joy Jacqueline Pereira,Mohd Khairul Zain,Rajib Shaw Pdf

This book highlights the current issues, challenges, and priorities for climate change adaptation in the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The status of each country was prepared by a consortium of researchers in consultation with National Focal Points of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC). National documents on adaptation actions, including local scenario and priorities, were reviewed where available and supplemented with an assessment of scientific publications to identify vulnerable ecosystems and regions. Adaptation needs and priorities were determined through stakeholder consultation in the respective countries. This allows for local-level perspectives to be captured and brought to the attention of policy and decision-makers at the national and regional levels. An important lesson from this exercise is that universities and research institutions at the national level have a critical role to play in bridging the gap between science and policy in climate change adaptation. These institutions also have the capacity to continuously facilitate transfer of the best available science for advancing climate change adaptation at the local level.

Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 817993084X

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Climate Change and Biodiversity by Thomas E. Lovejoy Pdf

climate changes have had dramatic repercussions, including large numbers of extinctions and extensive shifts in species ranges

Author : New South Wales. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Adaptive natural resource management
ISBN : 1742329284

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Priorities for Biodiversity Adaption to Climate Change by New South Wales. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Pdf

"This report outlines the priority measures the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water will take between 2010 and 2015 to minimise the impacts of climate change on the state's native species and ecosystems. It has been prepared in response to the listing of anthropogenic climate change as a key threatening process under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995."--DECCW website.

Author : Melissa R. Marselle,Jutta Stadler,Horst Korn,Katherine N. Irvine,Aletta Bonn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Alex Bush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0992500656

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Priorities and Uncertainties of Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Biodiversity in New South Wales by Alex Bush Pdf

Alongside a growing awareness that climate change represents a substantial threat to biodiversity in New South Wales, it has become increasingly evident that we cannot afford to wait until climatic shifts result in confirmed impacts to ecosystems. The scale of projected changes, and the significant implications these will have for the functioning of ecological communities mean we must act early to reduce the risk posed by climate change, in addition to multiple other processes driving biodiversity loss. Freshwater systems are challenging environments to manage for multiple stakeholders, and climate change will further exacerbate many existing conflicts or threats to biodiversity. This report provides guidance for land and water managers on conservation management may improve the long-term capacity of freshwater ecosystems to adapt and reduce biodiversity loss. A comprehensive assessment was made of the risk posed by climate change to the persistence of over 500 freshwater plants and animals in the basins of New South Wales. The report deals first with the projected vulnerability of those species to the impacts of climate change, and to what extent sources of uncertainty influences our assessment, and ultimately our choice of management priorities. The second part focuses in detailed approach to understanding how environmental management of non-climatic threats at local to regional scales could be best used to alleviate the impacts of climate change to fish species and communities.

Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy,Lee Jay Hannah
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 9780300206111

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Biodiversity and Climate Change by Thomas E. Lovejoy,Lee Jay Hannah Pdf

An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change and Biodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, from the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and from geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this book captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere.

Author : Angela Andrade Pérez,Bernal Herrera Fernández,Roberto Cazzolla Gatti
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782831712901

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Building Resilience to Climate Change by Angela Andrade Pérez,Bernal Herrera Fernández,Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Pdf

With climate change now a certainty, the question is how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field. This publication contains eleven case studies covering different ecosystems and regions around the world. Its aim is to summarize some current applications of the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation concept and its tools used around the world, and also draw lessons from experiences in conservation adaptation.

Author : Chris Turner
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839472480

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Climate Change and Biodiversity by Chris Turner Pdf

Change in climate has consequences on the biophysical environment such as changes in the start and length of the seasons, glacial retreat, decrease in Arctic sea ice extent and a rise in sea level. These changes have already had an observable impact on biodiversity at the species level, in term of phenology, distribution & populations, and ecosystem level in terms of distribution, composition & function. From a human perspective, the rapid climate change and accelerating biodiversity loss risks human security (e.g. a major change in the food chain upon which we depend, water sources may change, recede or disappear, medicines and other resources we rely on may be harder to obtain as the plants and forna they are derived from may reduce or disappear, etc.). Environmental conditions play a key role in defining the function and distribution of plants, in combination with other factors. Changes in long term environmental conditions that can be collectively coined climate change are known to have had enormous impacts on current plant diversity patterns; further impacts are expected in the future. It is predicted that climate change will remain one of the major drivers of biodiversity patterns in the future. This book is written for the specialist as well as the concerned citizen, this important book presents a comprehensive view of the newest research and thinking on climate change and biological diversity.

Author : Regina Varrin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Animal populations
ISBN : MINN:31951D03116265O

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The Known and Potential Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Ontario's Terrestrial Ecosystems by Regina Varrin Pdf

On- strategies organized according to the need to understand climate site land use planning and management techniques must be change, mitigate the impacts of rapid climate change, and help designed to protect the ecological and social pieces, patterns, Ontarians adapt to climate change: and processes. [...] Given the uncertainty in the amount of emissions and associated effects, natural resource management agencies around the world are using a number of climate models and scenarios of human behaviour to depict a range of potential climatic conditions and impacts that may appear in the next 100 years. [...] It is notable that the countries attending the 2005 climate change conference in Montreal to review and discuss future programs under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol agreed that the development of adaptation tools and techniques should receive significant attention during the next 5 years. [...] Species Distribution and Abundance in Response to Climate Change The distribution and abundance of a species across its geographic range is related to both biotic (e.g., food, competition, and disease) and abiotic (e.g., climate and substrate) factors. [...] There are several ways to examine the effects of climate on terrestrial fauna, and to determine how climate change may affect species and their habitat in the future.

Author : Carmenza Robledo,Markku Kanninen,Lucio Pedroni
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9789792446043

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Tropical Forests and Adaptation to Climate Change by Carmenza Robledo,Markku Kanninen,Lucio Pedroni Pdf

Author : Lara J. Hansen,Jennifer Ruth Hoffman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597266864

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Climate Savvy by Lara J. Hansen,Jennifer Ruth Hoffman Pdf

Climate change demands a change in how we envision, prioritize, and implement conservation and management of natural resources. Addressing threats posed by climate change cannot be simply an afterthought or an addendum, but must be integrated into the very framework of how we conceive of and conduct conservation and management. In Climate Savvy, climate change experts Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman offer 18 chapters that consider the implications of climate change for key resource management issues of our time—invasive species, corridors and connectivity, ecological restoration, pollution, and many others. How will strategies need to change to facilitate adaptation to a new climate regime? What steps can we take to promote resilience? Based on collaboration with a wide range of scientists, conservation leaders, and practitioners, the authors present general ideas as well as practical steps and strategies that can help cope with this new reality. While climate change poses real threats, it also provides a chance for creative new thinking. Climate Savvy offers a wide-ranging exploration of how scientists, managers, and policymakers can use the challenge of climate change as an opportunity to build a more holistic and effective philosophy that embraces the inherent uncertainty and variability of the natural world to work toward a more robust future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UCBK:C111871603

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Pacific Island Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Climate Change Adaptation by Anonim Pdf