Managing Ecosystem Services for Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

2014 ◽  
pp. 218-236
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Hindu Kush

scholarly journals Moringa oleifera: A Plant Critical for Food Security, Nutraceutical Values and Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region: A Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishwanath Prasad Yadav ◽  
Tirth Raj Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Moringa Oleifera ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Hindu Kush

Moringa oleifera, commonly known as miracle tree, has been suggested to be rich in its nutritional, pharmacological and immunological values in animals and humans globally. The tree is a promising option for farmers, especially in the rural areas in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region, for the sources of food and organic fertilizers and as the tools of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The purpose of the current review is to describe the nutraceutical and immunopharmacologic values of Moringa and its critical role in food security and climate change situation in the Himalayan countries including Nepal, India, Pakistan, China and others. Besides, the article presents few recommendations to upgrade the practical and theoretical approaches of conservation of this plant in these countries.

The role of ecosystem services in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Munang ◽  
Ibrahim Thiaw ◽  
Keith Alverson ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
Zhen Han
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk

Associations Between Climate, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services in the Pre-Sahara

2022 ◽  
pp. 1351-1373
Author(s):  
Abdelkrim Ben Salem ◽  
Souad Ben Salem ◽  
Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza ◽  
Awatif Zine Elabidine
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Extensive List ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

This chapter focuses on the richness and wide variety of Sub-Saharan ecosystems particularly in the region of Tafilalet, Morocco. The Tafilalet ecosystems provide an extensive list of goods (see below) to the region, as well as “ecosystem services” for the inhabitants. However, in the last 30 years, these ecosystems are threatened by conjugated impacts of climate change and human overuse of the nature resources. The primary objective of this chapter is to evaluate both the damage inflicted on Tafilalet ecosystems and the associated ecosystem services due to climate change. Adaptation to climate change is of paramount importance to keep the survival of the diversity of Tafilalet ecosystems including agro-ecosystems, forests, and inland waters. Adaptation is a process to reduce the vulnerability of people to prevent displacement and conflict for scarce ecosystem services. The findings of this chapter show that a large number of ecosystem services of the region are limited by climatic conditions that affect the resilience of the whole oasis of Tafilalet.

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