Potential impact of global climate change on forest distribution in Sri Lanka

1996 ◽  
Vol 92 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
S. Somaratne ◽  
A. H. Dhanapala
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Forest Distribution

scholarly journals Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Future Ocean Wave Power Potential: A Case Study from the Indian Ocean

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harshinie Karunarathna ◽  
Pravin Maduwantha ◽  
Bahareh Kamranzad ◽  
Harsha Rathnasooriya ◽  
Kasun De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Wave Model ◽  
Wave Power ◽  
South West ◽  
Wave Power Potential

This study investigates the impacts of global climate change on the future wave power potential, taking Sri Lanka as a case study from the northern Indian Ocean. The geographical location of Sri Lanka, which receives long-distance swell waves generated in the Southern Indian Ocean, favors wave energy-harvesting. Waves projected by a numerical wave model developed using Simulating Waves Nearshore Waves (SWAN) wave model, which is forced by atmospheric forcings generated by an Atmospheric Global Climate Model (AGCM) within two time slices that represent “present” and “future” (end of century) wave climates, are used to evaluate and compare present and future wave power potential around Sri Lanka. The results reveal that there will be a 12–20% reduction in average available wave power along the south-west and south-east coasts of Sri Lanka in future. This reduction is due mainly to changes to the tropical south-west monsoon system because of global climate change. The available wave power resource attributed to swell wave component remains largely unchanged. Although a detailed analysis of monthly and annual average wave power under both “present” and “future” climates reveals a strong seasonal and some degree of inter-annual variability of wave power, a notable decadal-scale trend of variability is not visible during the simulated 25-year periods. Finally, the results reveal that the wave power attributed to swell waves are very stable over the long term.

scholarly journals Potential impact of global climate change on malaria risk.

1995 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
W J Martens ◽  
L W Niessen ◽  
J Rotmans ◽  
T H Jetten ◽  
A J McMichael
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Malaria Risk ◽  
Potential Impact

Potential Impact of Global Climate Change on Diarrhoeal Disease in Mexico

Epidemiology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S223-S224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magali Hurtado-Díaz ◽  
Grea Litai Moreno-Banda ◽  
Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez ◽  
Oscar Sánchez-Meneses ◽  
Aldo Castañeda-Martíinez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Diarrhoeal Disease ◽  
Potential Impact

scholarly journals Pemerintahan Kolaboratif Sebagai Solusi Kasus Deforestasi di Pulau Kalimantan: Kajian Literatur

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-274
Author(s):  
Cahyoko Edi Tando ◽  
Sudarmo Sudarmo ◽  
Rina Herlina Haryanti
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Forest Distribution

Indonesia is a country with the largest biodiversityin the world. It has a rich forest both in land and the surface of the land, however the forest-related problemalso occurs in Indonesia. One of the largest islands in the world, namely Kalimantan Island has the largest forest distribution in Indonesia. In fact, it cannot be separated from deforestation issue for plantation, mining, and new residential areas reasons. If there is no monitoring, derforestation will produce increasingly severe forests damage, global climate change, and conservation of native animals in the forest. Collaborative governance is chosen as a means toovercomeg the problem of deforestation, and cooperate to other actors related to the community and jointly reducing this deforestation. Collaborative governance is considered capable to solve problem, especially from actors from the plantantion and mining business sector Further, the expected correlation is to be able to work together without being harmed. Keywords: Deforestation, Kalimantan Island, and Collaborative Governance Abstrak Indonesia merupakan negara dengan kenanekaragaman hayati terbesar di dunia, memiliki hutan yang kaya kandungan di dalam tanah maupun yang di permukaan tanah, namun permasalahan akan hutan pun tidak menutup bahwa juga terjadi di Indonesia, salah satu pulau terbesar di dunia yakni Pulau Kalimantan memiliki persebaran hutan terbesar di Indonenesia, tidak lepas dari deforestasi baik untuk alasan perkebunan, pertambangan, dan kawasan hunian baru. Deforestasi jika di biarkan terus menerus akan mengakibatkan kerusakan hutan yang semakin parah, perubahan iklim dunia, dan mengancam hewan asli yang ada di dalam hutan tersebut. Pemerintahan kolaboratif di pilih sebagai sarana untuk mengatasi permasalahan deforestasi ini bekerjasama dengan aktor lain yakni swasta dan masyarakat untuk bersama-sama mengurangi deforestasi ini. Pemerintahan kolaboratif dianggap mampu dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan terutama dari para aktor dari sektor usaha perkebunan maupun pertambangan, korelasi yang di harapkan adalah bisa saling bekerjasama tanpa ada yang dirugikan. Kata Kunci: Deforestasi, Pulau Kalimantan, dan Pemerintahan Kolaboratif

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