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Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Investments to promote sustainable land-use within critical river catchment areas are often undertaken to provide benefits to society. Investments generally aim to protect or restore ecological infrastructure—the underlying framework of ecosystems ...
Alanna J. Rebelo +3 more
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Projects, More than just Adaptation: Analysis of Social Benefits and Costs in Colombia. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) projects are increasingly flourishing throughout the globe on the grounds that EbA constitutes a particularly community-friendly solution for adaptation to climate change as it brings about an array of co-benefits ...
Richerzhagen C +7 more
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Water, 2021 Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) can potentially mitigate watershed degradation problems. In this study, various EbA measures were evaluated using a bio-physical model called the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), in a small, forested watershed named
M. Babel, M. Gunathilake, M. Jha
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022 An in-depth understanding of the variations in and complex connections between humans and ecological systems is required to improve adaptation strategies and measures. Here, we propose a place-based evaluation approach to examine the complex relationship
Zhenshan Yang +3 more
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, 2021 Developing countries are increasingly impacted by floods, especially in Asia. Traditional flood risk management, using structural measures such as levees, can have negative impacts on the livelihoods of social groups that are more vulnerable.
L. Hagedoorn +5 more
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Sustainability, 2021 Scholars of gender and climate change argue that gender-blind climate change actions could exacerbate existing inequalities and undermine sustained climate change adaptation actions. For this reason, since 2017, the Green Climate Fund placed gender among
M. Angula +5 more
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Review of the evidence base for ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change
Environmental Evidence, 2012 Background Ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation (EbA) integrate the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into an overall strategy for helping people adapt to climate change.
Munroe Robert +10 more
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Ecology and Society, 2016 Ecosystem-based approaches for climate change adaptation are promoted at international, national, and local levels by both scholars and practitioners. However, local planning practices that support these approaches are scattered, and measures are neither
Christine Wamsler +8 more
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Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change
Global Sustainability, 2020 Ecosystems across the globe are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, as are the communities that depend on them. However, ecosystems can also protect people from climate change impacts.
Nathalie Seddon +13 more
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Ecology and Society, 2022 While tropical forests are undergoing rapid transformation as a result of direct human impacts, many deforested areas are reverting to forest through natural or human-assisted regeneration.
Richard Tito +7 more
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