Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change

Global warming and changes in climate have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, cloud forests, and Arctic and high-latitude ecosystems are especially vulnerable to...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND
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Summary:	Global warming and changes in climate have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, cloud forests, and Arctic and high-latitude ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate-induced disturbances. However, enhanced protection and management of biological resources and habitats can mitigate the impacts and contribute to solutions as nations and communities strive to adapt to climate change. Biodiversity is the foundation and mainstay of agriculture, forests, and fisheries. Biological resources provide the raw materials for livelihoods, agriculture, medicines, trade, tourism, and industry. Forests, grasslands, freshwater, and marine and other natural ecosystems provide a range of services often not recognized in national economic accounts but vital to human welfare: regulation of water flows and water quality, flood control, pollination, decontamination, carbon sequestration, soil conservation, and nutrient and hydrological cycling. Current efforts to address climate change focus mainly on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by adopting cleaner energy strategies and on reducing the vulnerability of communities at risk by improving infrastructure to meet new energy and water needs. This book offers a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as an essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change. Such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven, and sustainable solutions that contribute to, and complement, other national and regional adaptation strategies.

Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change

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