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Biodiversity Scenarios
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : UNEP/Earthprint |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
ISBN | : 9292252186 |
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This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. The term "biodiversity" is used in a broad sense as it is defined in the Convention on Biological Diversity to mean the abundance and distributions of and interactions between genotypes, species, communities, ecosystems and biomes. This synthesis pays particular attention to the interactions between biodiversity and ecosystem services and to critical "tipping points" that could lead to large, rapid and potentially irreversible changes. Comparisons between models are used to estimate the range of projections and to identify sources of uncertainty. Experiments and observed trends are used to check the plausibility of these projections.
Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century
Author | : Chourasia, Naveen Kumar,Chahal, Kavita |
Publsiher | : IGI Global |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2023-11-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781668490365 |
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Quantitative models are increasingly being used to assess the impact of socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and environmental services. Regardless of the scenario, the decline of biodiversity will continue throughout the 21st century. Land-use changes drive biodiversity changes in terrestrial systems, while overfishing drives changes in marine systems, and climate change affects all realms. The loss of habitats will lead to local population decreases, and global extinctions will occur at unpredictable rates due to the lag between environmental changes and their effects. To address this, we need to focus more on the relationship between the decline of ecosystem services and the position of species responsible for that function in the trophic hierarchy. Perspectives on Global Biodiversity Scenarios and Environmental Services in the 21st Century makes biodiversity scenarios understandable, relevant, and valuable to stakeholders by using effective language and focused communication techniques. Instead of merely showing the potential effects of global change on biodiversity, scenarios should consider the feedback connecting environmental forces. Biodiversity provides numerous essential environmental services crucial to human well-being both now and in the future. The climate is a critical component of ecosystem functioning and directly and indirectly affects human health. The target audience includes biology and environmental science students and faculty, scientists, social workers who generate and collaborate on biodiversity scenarios, policymakers, and corporations with a basic science understanding.
Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment
Author | : F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781461301578 |
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The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in the earths environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, the book provides a starting-point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.
Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment
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Author | : F.Stuart Chapin,Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2001-08-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387952497 |
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The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence that these two broad concerns are intertwined and mutually dependent. Past changes in biodiversity have both responded to and caused changes in the earths environment. In its discussions of ten key terrestrial biomes and freshwater ecosystems, this volume uses our broad understanding of global environmental change to present the first comprehensive scenarios of biodiversity for the twenty-first century. Combining physical earth science with conservation biology, the book provides a starting-point for regional assessments on all scales. The book will be of interest to those concerned with guiding research on the changing environment of the earth and with planning future policy, especially in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Convention.
Biodiversity Economics
Author | : Andreas Kontoleon,Unai Pascual,Timothy Swanson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 2007-12-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781139466257 |
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Human induced biodiversity loss is greater now than at any time in human history, with extinctions occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than background extinction levels. The field of biodiversity economics analyses the socio-economic causes of and solutions to biodiversity loss by combining the disciplines of economics, ecology and biology. This field has shown a remarkable degree of transformation over the past four decades and now incorporates the analysis of the entire diversity of biological resources within the living world. Biodiversity Economics presents a series of papers that show how bio-economic analysis can be applied to the examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss. Containing insightful bio-economic research by some of prominent practitioners in the field, this volume will be an essential research tool to those working on biodiversity issues in the academic, policy and private sectors.
World Atlas of Biodiversity
Author | : Brian Groombridge,Martin Jenkins |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520236688 |
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Global biological diversity, ecosystem diversity.
Sc narios de biodiversit
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Author | : Paul Leadley,Henrique Miguel Pereira,Rob Alkemade,Juan F.. Fernandez-Manjarres,Vania Proenca,Jorn P. W.. Scharlemann,Matt J.. Walpole |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9292252194 |
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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 5485 |
Release | : 2013-02-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780123847201 |
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The 7-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Second Edition maintains the reputation of the highly regarded original, presenting the most current information available in this globally crucial area of research and study. It brings together the dimensions of biodiversity and examines both the services it provides and the measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity. The science of biodiversity has become the science of our future. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning areas of both physical and life sciences. Our awareness of the loss of biodiversity has brought a long overdue appreciation of the magnitude of this loss and a determination to develop the tools to protect our future. Second edition includes over 100 new articles and 226 updated articles covering this multidisciplinary field— from evolution to habits to economics, in 7 volumes The editors of this edition are all well respected, instantly recognizable academics operating at the top of their respective fields in biodiversity research; readers can be assured that they are reading material that has been meticulously checked and reviewed by experts Approximately 1,800 figures and 350 tables complement the text, and more than 3,000 glossary entries explain key terms