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Forests and climate change in Latin America: Linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies [PDF]

, 2010
Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the
Andrade, Angela, Evans, Vanessa, Locatelli, Bruno, Vignola, Raffaele, Wardell, Andrew   +4 more
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The Role of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge in Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: A Review of the Literature and Case Studies from the Pacific Islands

Weather, Climate, and Society, 2018
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being advocated as a climate adaptation approach that can deliver multiple benefits to communities.
J. Nalau, S. Becken, Johanna Schliephack, Meg Parsons, Cilla Brown, B. Mackey   +5 more
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Understanding stakeholder preferences for flood adaptation alternatives with natural capital implications

Ecology and Society, 2016
Inland flood risks are defined by a range of environmental and social factors, including land use and floodplain management. Shifting patterns of storm intensity and precipitation, attributed to climate change, are exacerbating flood risk in regions ...
Jonathon R. Loos, Shannon H. Rogers
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Integrating ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation in Africa: policy and practice [PDF]

, 2015
Ecosystem conservation and management have been highlighted as important interventions for climate change mitigation because of the potential of ecosystems to store carbon storage.
Locatelli, Bruno
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Marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation in Asia and Oceania: review of approaches and integration with marine spatial planning

Pacific Conservation Biology, 2020
There is growing interest in using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to maintain or restore ecosystem services to increase human resilience to climate change. However, to date, the focus on EbA has been on conceptualising the approach and encouraging its
Alyssa L. Giffin, C. Brown, J. Nalau, B. Mackey, R. Connolly   +4 more
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Assessment framework to assist ecosystem-based adaptation implementation at local level: evidence from Spain and Portugal

Global Sustainability
Technical Summary Climate hazard events, such as floods and heatwaves, are becoming more frequent and severe. This paper focuses on coastal urban areas and addresses the need for implementing effective ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures.
Mar Riera-Spiegelhalder, Adrián Ferrandis Martínez, Luís Campos Rodrigues   +2 more
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Comparing scientific and experts' knowledge about ecosystem-based adaptation for smallholder farming systems in Central America [PDF]

, 2014
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is the use of ecosystem services and biodiversity as part of an overall adaptation strategy to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change.
Avelino, Jacques, Bautista, Pavel, Donatti, Camila I., Harvey, Celia A., Martinez, Ruth, Rapidel, Bruno, Vignola, Raffaele   +6 more
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Assessing climate change-induced losses and damages to coastal ecosystem services: Empirical evidence from Manpura Island, Bangladesh

Climate Risk Management
Under the on-going climate change, slow-onset events, such as sea-level rise and salinity intrusion, have a more pronounced effect on biodiversity and ecosystem services, which have fewer options for adaptation compared to human systems, resulting in ...
Joy Bhowmik, Haseeb Md. Irfanullah, Samiya Ahmed Selim, Mohammad Budrudzaman   +3 more
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Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change: what role for policy-makers, society and scientists? [PDF]

, 2018
In developing countries where economies and livelihoods dependlargely on ecosystem services, policies for adaptation to climate change should take into account the role of these services in increasing the resilience of society.
Imbach, Pablo, Locatelli, Bruno, Martinez, Celia, Vignola, Raffaele   +3 more
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How do conflicting values on ecosystem-based adaptation interact in decision-making? [PDF]

, 2018
Decisions on how to adapt to climate change depend on decision-makers' knowledge and values. As decision arenas are often composed of stakeholders with conflicting worldviews, decision outcomes depend on power relationships, formal and informal rules and
Locatelli, Bruno
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