Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849330971 ISBN 13: 9780849330971

Publisher: CRC Press, 2005

Synopsis

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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J. S. Bhatti , R. Lal, M. J. Apps, M. A. Price

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849330971
• ISBN 13: 9780849330971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Bhatti Jagtar, Lal Rattan, Apps Michael J., Price Mick A.