scholarly journals Integrating issues of biodiversity and climate change to achieve sustainable forest management: A case of Mbeliling landscape, Flores

2021 ◽  
Vol 914 (1) ◽  
pp. 012012
Author(s):  
W C Adinugroho ◽  
H Krisnawati ◽  
R Imanuddin ◽  
A Ayat ◽  
L A Wirastami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Endemic Birds ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Change Mitigation

Abstract Biodiversity and climate change are interrelated, so a coordinated approach is needed to cover it by focusing on how landscapes provide many benefits. The Mbeliling landscape, Flores is the smallest management unit in an ecological perspective, essential for the conservation and preservation of biodiversity, especially for the endemic birds of Flores. Efforts to preserve biodiversity are also expected to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The study aims to produce data and information on biodiversity and potential carbon stocks at the land cover of the Mbeliling landscape. Desk study and field survey were used to answer research questions. The Mbeliling landscape has eight types of tree vegetation land cover that can serve as carbon sinks and the habitat for four species of Flores endemic birds. Approximately 139 species of vegetation with the total carbon stocks could potentially absorb the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of ± 103.63 Mt CO2-e. The type of land cover significantly influences carbon stocks. The land cover with forest category in the Mbeliling landscape has the most extensive carbon stock among other land cover types. This result can be used as a reference in managing the Mbeliling landscape in integrating efforts to conserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change through the REDD+ scheme.

scholarly journals Biodiversity and Climate Change: Linkages at International, National and Local Levels

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Alexander Paterson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Combating Desertification ◽  
Degraded Ecosystems ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
Change Mitigation

At the tenth Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Nagoya 2010, the parties agreed that they would by 2020 enhance 'ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks …, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification' (Aichi Target 15, Decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020)).

scholarly journals The Contribution of Trees Outside of Forests to Landscape Carbon and Climate Change Mitigation in West Africa

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1652
Author(s):  
David L. Skole ◽  
Jay H. Samek ◽  
Moussa Dieng ◽  
Cheikh Mbow
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
Individual Tree ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation

While closed canopy forests have been an important focal point for land cover change monitoring and climate change mitigation, less consideration has been given to methods for large scale measurements of trees outside of forests. Trees outside of forests are an important but often overlooked natural resource throughout sub-Saharan Africa, providing benefits for livelihoods as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. In this study, the development of an individual tree cover map using very high-resolution remote sensing and a comparison with a new automated machine learning mapping product revealed an important contribution of trees outside of forests to landscape tree cover and carbon stocks in a region where trees outside of forests are important components of livelihood systems. Here, we test and demonstrate the use of allometric scaling from remote sensing crown area to provide estimates of landscape-scale carbon stocks. Prominent biomass and carbon maps from global-scale remote sensing greatly underestimate the “invisible” carbon in these sparse tree-based systems. The measurement of tree cover and carbon in these landscapes has important application in climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.

scholarly journals Ecological connectivity of seagrasses with mangroves increases the carbon storage of tropical seagrass meadows of an island ecosystem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amrit Kumar Mishra ◽  
Deepak Apte ◽  
Syed Hilal Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Thalassia Hemprichii ◽  
Sediment Grain Size ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Abstract Ecologically connected ecosystems are considered more resilient to climate change mitigation by storing increased amounts of carbon than individual ecosystems. This study quantified the carbon storage capacity of seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii) meadows that are adjacent to mangroves (MG; Rhizophora apiculate) and without mangroves (WMG) at three locations in tropical Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) of India. The sediment organic matter (OM) carbon (Corg) content was 2-fold higher at the MG sites than WMG sites of all three locations within the top 10 cm. The Corg in the total biomass was higher at MG sites than the biomass at WMG sites. The sediment grain size positively influenced the sediment OM and Corg content. The canopy height of T. hemprichii showed a better relationship with sediment OM and Corg at MG sites. In contrast, the shoot density of T. hemprichii showed a better relationship with sediment OM and Corg at WMG sites. The total carbon in 144 ha of T. hemprichii meadows of all three MG sites was 11031± 5223 Mg C, whereas the carbon in 148 ha of WMG sites was 4921±3725 Mg C. These T. hemprichii meadows of ANI store around 40487±19171 ton of CO2 in the MG sites and 18036 ±13672 ton of CO2 at WMG sites. The social cost of these carbon stored in these T. hemprichii meadows is around US$ 34.82 and 1.5 million at the MG and WMG sites, respectively. This study points out the efficiency of seagrass ecosystems of ANI as carbon sinks and the potential of these connected seascapes in increasing the efficiency of seagrass carbon storage. Therefore, this connectivity approach should be further explored to include these connected ecosystems of India as a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.

Ability of Urban Planning Policy in Addressing Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Kiranmayi Raparthi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Planning Policies

Climate change is a multidimensional observable fact and is regarded as one of the greatest challenges human society is facing in the 21st century. Urban researchers advocate that well formulated urban spatial planning policy has the ability to mitigate climate change and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, there has been limited research on analysing the extent to which spatial planning policies address climate change mitigation and adaptation. This chapter presents a qualitative evaluation of urban spatial planning polices in India by assessing planning policies against an evaluation framework. The analysis highlights that there are limited climate change mitigation and adaptation indicators in planning documents, and these indicators have been very limitedly integrated in the planning documents. This research supports the use of spatial planning policy as an effective tool in addressing climate change mitigation and has an implication for mainstreaming climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban planning.

scholarly journals Climate change mitigation and nature conservation both require higher protected area targets

2020 ◽  
Vol 375 (1794) ◽  
pp. 20190121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Callum M. Roberts ◽  
Bethan C. O'Leary ◽  
Julie P. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
Adaptation Policies ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Change Mitigation

Nations of the world have, to date, pursued nature protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation policies separately. Both efforts have failed to achieve the scale of action needed to halt biodiversity loss or mitigate climate change. We argue that success can be achieved by aligning targets for biodiversity protection with the habitat protection and restoration necessary to bring down greenhouse gas concentrations and promote natural and societal adaptation to climate change. Success, however, will need much higher targets for environmental protection than the present 10% of sea and 17% of land. A new target of 30% of the sea given high levels of protection from exploitation and harm by 2030 is under consideration and similar targets are being discussed for terrestrial habitats. We make the case here that these higher targets, if achieved, would make the transition to a warmer world slower and less damaging for nature and people. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions’.

scholarly journals Mangrove Carbon Stocks Mapping in Southeast Sulawesi Using Polarimetric and Interferometric ALOS PALSAR Dual-Polarizations Data

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketut Wikantika ◽  
La Ode M. Golok Jaya
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Alos Palsar ◽  
Radar Remote Sensing ◽  
Mangrove Tree ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Change Mitigation

Mapping of carbon stocks plays important role to study the climate change. The understanding of carbon stocks dynamics on the earth leads us to prepare the climate change mitigation and adaptation. This paper was aimed to analyze mangrove carbon stocks using radar remote sensing data of ALOS PALSAR dual-polarizations. The study area is in Southeast Sulawesi (Lainea District). Two dates acquisition of ALOS PALSAR were used to obtain carbon stocks spatial distribution through polarimetric (PolSAR) and polarimetric-interferometry (PolInSAR) method. Tweenty sample plots were established in study area for validation. Field survey conducted to measure Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) and mangrove tree height to obtain actual carbon stocks. The result of the research indicated that the PolSAR method using HV polarization was suitable to map mangrove carbon stocks which can be estimated up to 40 t ha-1 (R2=0.8982), while using PolInSAR can be estimated up to 60 t ha-1 (R2=0.6606). However, the disadvantage of PolSAR method which indicated saturation problem of backscatter correlation (HH and HV) to carbon stocks volume. Using the PolInSAR, we obtained mangrove tree height in the site distributed from 0 to 25 meters which less than 20 meters heights dominated the study area.

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