Sustainable Land Management for Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change

The climate change (CC) caused by increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), can be addressed through adaptation and mitigation strategies. Adaptation consists of strategies which minimize vulnerability to CC. T...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACACIA ACIDIFICATION ACIDITY ADVERSE IMPACTS AEROSOL PARTICLES AEROSOLS AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AIR AIR QUALITY AIR TEMPERATURE ALBEDO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION ARID AREAS ARID CONDITIONS ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES BIOMASS BIOMASS BURNING BIOSPHERE BTU C EMISSIONS CARBON BUDGET CARBON CAPTURE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON MANAGEMENT CARBON SEQUESTRATION CASSAVA CEREALS CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COAST COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COMBUSTION COMPOSTING CONSERVATION COWPEAS CROP CROP HARVESTS CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUE CROP YIELDS CROPLAND CROPPING CROPPING SYSTEMS CROPS CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS DEGRADED LAND DESERTIFICATION DIESEL DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION DROUGHT DRY FORESTS DRY LAND DRY PERIODS DRY SEASONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENERGY PRODUCTION EROSION EROSION CONTROL ETHANOL EVAPORATION FARM FARM INCOME FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FERTILIZATION FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FLOODS FOOD GRAINS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST FLOOR FOREST LAND FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST REGENERATION FOREST REGROWTH FOREST SOIL FOREST SUCCESSION FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS FRESH WATER FUEL CONSUMPTION GAS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL GRAIN GRAIN CONSUMPTION GRAIN PRODUCTION GRASSES GRASSLANDS GRAZING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND WATER GROWING SEASON GWP HERBACEOUS VEGETATION HUMAN ACTIVITY IPCC LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USES LANDFILLS LEACHING MAIZE MANGROVE FORESTS MANGROVES MARSHES MEADOWS MICROBIAL ACTIVITY MILLET MINERALOGY MITIGATION MOISTURE CONTENT MULCH N2O NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL SCALE NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NO2 NOX NUTRIENTS OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PASTURES PEAT PEAT SOILS PEST MANAGEMENT PESTICIDES PH PHOSPHORUS PHOTOSYNTHESIS PINE PLANTATIONS PLANTATION PLANTING PLOTS PLOWING POINT SOURCE POINT SOURCE POLLUTION POOR FARMERS POTASSIUM PRAIRIES PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS RADIATION RADIATION BUDGET RADIATIVE FORCING RAIN RAINFALL RANGES RATTAN RECYCLING REGIONAL CLIMATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESTORATION RICE RICE PADDIES RIPARIAN AREAS RIVER ROOT CROPS ROOT ZONE ROTATION CYCLE ROW CROPS RUNOFF SEDIMENT SHRUBS SILVER SINK SMOKE SOIL CARBON SOIL EROSION SOIL QUALITY SOILS SORGHUM SOYBEANS SPECIES SPECIES COMPOSITION STORMS STREAM SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SWEET POTATOES TEMPERATE FORESTS TEMPERATURE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS TILLAGE TREE CROPS TREE PLANTATIONS TREE SPECIES TREES TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICS TUBERS VEGETATION WATER HARVESTING WATER QUALITY WATER RETENTION WATER RUNOFF WATER SCARCITY WATER TABLE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WEEDS WETLANDS WHEAT WIND WMO WOOD PRODUCTS WOODY SPECIES
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Summary:	The climate change (CC) caused by increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), can be addressed through adaptation and mitigation strategies. Adaptation consists of strategies which minimize vulnerability to CC. The objective is to increase resilience of the ecosystems and communities through adoption of specific sustainable land management (SLM) techniques that have adaptive benefits. On the other hand, the goal of mitigation strategies is to enhance soil and vegetation (land) sinks for absorbing atmospheric CO2 and to minimize net emissions. In the context of the resource-poor and small landholders of the developing countries, adaptation to CC is essential. Adaptation strategies are needed to enhance the positive and reduce the negative effects of CC. Adaptation is also needed because complete mitigation of CC may never occur. The strategy is to adopt those SLM technologies which have both adaptation and mitigation impacts at multiple scales (household, community, and watershed, national, global). There are four major areas in the tropics and sub-tropics where adoption of SLM technologies can help to both adapt to and mitigate CC: (i) tropical forest ecosystems (TFEs), (ii) tropical savannah and rangeland ecosystems (TSREs), (iii) world cropland soils, and (iv) salinized and degraded/desertified lands. Nonetheless, adoption of SLM technologies in the temperate regions (North America, Europe, Australia, Japan) is also important to adapting to CC. However, this report focuses on SLM options for developing countries of the tropics and sub-tropics.

Sustainable Land Management for Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change

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