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Exploring the Multiple Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Tourism for Climate Risks and Destination Well-Being

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2020
Tourism is strongly interlinked with the natural and social environment, in particular in destinations around the Pacific. These environments are vulnerable to climate change which impacts on the social–ecological system of destinations.
J. Loehr, S. Becken, J. Nalau, B. Mackey
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Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation: How have they been incorporated into climate policies in Latin America? [PDF]

, 2016
Ecosystem management can contribute to climate change mitigation by storing carbon and reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Locatelli, Bruno, Padilla, Diego, Vignola, Raffaele   +2 more
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Time equals money? Valuing ecosystem-based adaptation in a developing country context

Environment and Development Economics, 2020
To guide investments in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in developing countries, numerous stated preference valuation studies have been implemented to assess the value of ecosystem services. These studies increasingly use time payments as an alternative
L. Hagedoorn, M. Koetse, P. van Beukering, L. Brander   +3 more
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Can Payments for Ecosystem Services Contribute to Adaptation to Climate Change? Insights from a Watershed in Kenya

Ecology and Society, 2014
Climate change presents new challenges for the management of social-ecological systems and the ecosystem services they provide. Although the instrument of payments for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as a promising tool to safeguard or enhance the ...
Isabel van de Sand, John K. Mwangi, Sara Namirembe   +2 more
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Urban Evolution: The Role of Water [PDF]

, 2015
The structure, function, and services of urban ecosystems evolve over time scales from seconds to centuries as Earth’s population grows, infrastructure ages, and sociopolitical values alter them.
Belt, Kenneth T., Kaushal, Sujay S., Mayer, Paul M., McDowell, William H., Newcomer Johnson, Tamara A., Pennino, Michael J., Wollheim, Wilfred M.   +6 more
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Testing a participatory integrated assessment (PIA) approach to select climate change adaptation actions to enhance wetland sustainability: The case of Poyang Lake region in China

Advances in Climate Change Research, 2015
The necessity of mainstreaming climate adaptation strategies or policies into natural resource management plans has been recognized by the UNFCCC. The IPCC AR5 report suggests a growing demand for research to provide information for a deeper and more ...
Li Huang, Yongyuan Yin, De-Bin Du
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Livelisystems: a conceptual framework integrating social, ecosystem, development and evolutionary theory [PDF]

, 2014
Human activity poses multiple environmental challenges for ecosystems that have intrinsic value and also support that activity. Our ability to address these challenges is constrained, inter alia, by weaknesses in cross disciplinary understandings of ...
Dorward, Andrew
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Conserving key coastal areas for mangrove expansion and eco-tourism secures ecosystem services under sea-level rise

npj Ocean Sustainability
Blue carbon nature-based solutions (NbS) can mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration and storage, and support climate change adaptation and resilience by supplying ecosystem benefits.
Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, Simon J. Pittman, Jade M. S. Delevaux, Marina Antonopoulou, Stephen Carpenter, Rashyd Zaaboul, Aaron C. H. Chow, Himansu S. Das, Daniel Mateos-Molina   +8 more
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Prioritisation for adaptation in tropical forest ecosystems : Working paper n°44 [PDF]

, 2008
Under natural resource ecosystems shared across communities and nations, the distribution among stakeholders of risks and vulnerability to climate change is likely to be uneven on account of the nature of their stakes in the ecosystems, the degree of ...
Forner, Claudio, Idinoba, Monica, Kanninen, Markku, Locatelli, Bruno, Nkem, Johnson, Pérez, Carlos J., Santoso, Heru   +6 more
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The Shade Tree Advice Tool [PDF]

, 2017
Key messages: Climate change adaptation for coffee and cocoa farming requires low cost and multipurpose solutions, such as shade trees. Selecting appropriate shade trees is paramount for maximizing tree-based ecosystem services while minimizing ...
Angebault, Charles, Asare, Richard, Bukomeko, Hannington, Giller, Onno, Gram, Gil, Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Kirabo, Enoch, Mukasa, David, Vaast, Philippe, Wolf, Just van der   +9 more
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