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Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019)
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Handbook of Climate Change and Biodiversity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Climate Change Management
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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.
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