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Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Climate
Change and Managed Ecosystems examines the effects of global
climate change on intensively constructed or reconstructed
ecosystems, focusing on land use changes in relation to forestry,
agriculture, and wetlands including peatlands. The book begins by
discussing the fragility of ecosystems in the face of changing
climates, particularly through human caused increases in
atmospheric GHGs. The chapters delineate how and why the climate
has changed and what can be expected to occur in the foreseeable
future. They identify the potential adaptation responses to reduce
the impacts of a changing climate. Using this information as a
foundation, the chapter authors examine what is known about the
impacts of climate on agricultural, forested, and wetland
ecosystems. They illustrate the importance of these ecosystems in
the global carbon cycle and discuss the potential interaction
between terrestrial and atmospheric carbon pools under changing
climactic conditions. The book delineates what needs to be done to
ensure continued stability in these ecosystems. It includes a
description of activities that have been undertaken in the past to
identify gaps in understanding GHG emissions from agriculture,
forests, and wetlands and their mitigation, as well as current
research initiatives to address these gaps. The book presents an
overview of how economic reasoning can be applied to climate change
and illustrates how terrestrial carbon-uptake credits (offset
credits) operate within the Kyoto Protocol framework. By
identifying gaps in the current understanding of adaptation of
mitigation strategies, the book underscores the need to
makemanagement of these ecosystems part of a global solution.
Globally, forest vegetation and soils are both major stores of
terrestrial organic carbon, and major contributors to the annual
cycling of carbon between the atmosphere and the biosphere. Forests
are also a renewable resource, vital to the everyday existence of
millions of people, since they provide food, shelter, fuel, raw
materials and many other benefits. The combined effects of an
expanding global population and increasing consumption of
resources, however, may be seriously endangering both the extent
and future sustainability of the world's forests. About thirty
chapters cover four main themes: the role of forests in the global
carbon cycle; effects of past, present and future changes in forest
land use; the role of forest management, products and biomass on
carbon cycling, and socio-economic impacts.
Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Climate
Change and Managed Ecosystems examines the effects of global
climate change on intensively constructed or reconstructed
ecosystems, focusing on land use changes in relation to forestry,
agriculture, and wetlands including peatlands. The book begins by
discussing the fragility of ecosystems in the face of changing
climates, particularly through human caused increases in
atmospheric GHGs. The chapters delineate how and why the climate
has changed and what can be expected to occur in the foreseeable
future. They identify the potential adaptation responses to reduce
the impacts of a changing climate. Using this information as a
foundation, the chapter authors examine what is known about the
impacts of climate on agricultural, forested, and wetland
ecosystems. They illustrate the importance of these ecosystems in
the global carbon cycle and discuss the potential interaction
between terrestrial and atmospheric carbon pools under changing
climactic conditions. The book delineates what needs to be done to
ensure continued stability in these ecosystems. It includes a
description of activities that have been undertaken in the past to
identify gaps in understanding GHG emissions from agriculture,
forests, and wetlands and their mitigation, as well as current
research initiatives to address these gaps. The book presents an
overview of how economic reasoning can be applied to climate change
and illustrates how terrestrial carbon-uptake credits (offset
credits) operate within the Kyoto Protocol framework. By
identifying gaps in the current understanding of adaptation of
mitigation strategies, the book underscores the need to make
management of these ecosystems part of a global solution.
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Boreal Forests and Global Change - Peer-reviewed manuscripts selected from the International Boreal Forest Research Association Conference, held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 25-30, 1994 (Hardcover, Reprinted from WATER, AIR, & SOIL POLLUTION 82:1-2, 1995)
Michael J. Apps, David T Price, Joe Wisniewski
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Boreal forests form Earth's largest terrestrial biome. They are
rich in ecosystem and landscape diversity, though characterized by
relatively few plant species, as compared to other forested
regions. The long term viability and sustainability of boreal
forests is influenced by many factors. They are subject to
interruptions at intervals by large-scale natural disturbances, and
increasingly by human activities. Boreal ecosystem development is
typically a slow process; hence rapid changes in the global
environment may invoke complex responses. Many industrial nations
border, or lie within, boreal regions, deriving much of their
economic wealth and culture from the forests. The response of
boreal forests to changes in the global environment - whether
caused by direct human activity or by indirect changes such as the
anticipated changes in climate - are therefore of considerable
international interest, both for their policy implications and
their scientific challenges. This book which contains almost 50
peer-reviewed papers from a world-wide group of experts assembled
under the auspices of IBFRA, the International Boreal Forest
Research Association, covers topics which will stimulate further
research and the development of constructive policies for improved
management and conservation of global boreal forest resources.
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