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 Extending grassland age for climate change mitigation and adaptation on clay soils

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goaitske Iepema ◽  
Nyncke J. Hoekstra ◽  
Ron de Goede ◽  
Jaap Bloem ◽  
Lijbert Brussaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Clay Soils ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Gender, Forests and Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma Marcos Morezuelas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
Gender Lens ◽  
Change Mitigation

As users of forest products and guardians of traditional knowledge, women have always been involved in forestry. Nevertheless, their access to forest resources and benefits and participation in forest management is limited compared to mens despite the fact that trees are more important to women, who depend on them for their families food security, income generation and cooking fuel. This guide aims to facilitate the incorporation of a gender lens in climate change mitigation and adaptation operations in forests, with special attention to those framed in REDD. This guide addresses four themes value chains, environmental payment schemes, firewood and biodiversity that relate directly to 1) how climate change impacts affect women in the forest and 2) how mitigation and adaptation measures affect womens access to resources and benefits distribution.

Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

2019 ◽  
pp. 965-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Serrano ◽  
Jeffrey J. Kelleway ◽  
Catherine Lovelock ◽  
Paul S. Lavery
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Blue Carbon ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation
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