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Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)
The impacts of "human-induced" climate change are now being observed in every aspect of life, and it is the most significant and far-reaching current environmental threat. In the last few decades, natural scientists and ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Tanzania
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2009)
When planning efforts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, the benefits could be increased by taking account of the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services such as ...
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2004)
This review examines the impacts of reactive nitrogen on the environment, human health and economies from local to global scales. About 40% of the human population depends upon food production made possible by synthetic ...
The linkages between biodiversity and climate change mitigation :A review of the recent scientific literature
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008)
This report reviews the literature published since the IPCC 4AR on the linkages between biodiversity and climate mitigation policies in order to highlight developments in our understanding of the role of biodiversity in ...