Increasing Climate Variability and Change - Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry (Hardcover, Reprinted from Climatic Change, Vol. 70, Nos. 1-2)

One of the major challenges facing humankind is to provide an equitable standard of living for this and future generations: adequate food, water and energy, safe shelter and a healthy environment. Human-induced climate change, and increasing climate variability, as well as other global environmental issues such as land degradation and loss of biological diversity, threaten our ability to meet these basic human needs. It is undisputed that the last two decades have been the warmest this century, and likely to be the warmest for the last 1000 years, sea level is rising, rain and snowfall patterns are changing. Arctic sea ice is thinning and the frequency and intensity of El-NiAo events appear to be increasing. In addition, the frequency of extreme events is rising and many parts of the world have recently suffered major heat-waves, floods and droughts leading to significant loss of life and economic costs. This requires the global community to give urgent attention to addressing key issues. The range of adaptation options for agriculture and forestry is generally increasing because of technological advances, thus reducing the vulnerability of these systems to climate change. However, some regions of the world, particularly developing countries, have limited access to these technologies. Agriculture and forestry are currently not optimally managed with respect to todaya (TM)s natural climate variability. Decreasing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to increasing climatic variability will go a long way towards reducing the long-term vulnerability to climate change. This book represents a major step in assessing the science of climate variability and change, and their likelyimpacts on agriculture and forestry, with clear adaptation strategies required to reduce their vulnerability.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	James Salinger • Mannava V.K. Sivakumar • Raymond P. Motha
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	362
Edition:	Reprinted from Climatic Change, Vol. 70, Nos. 1-2
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-3354-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	1-4020-3354-0
Barcode:	9781402033544

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