Management strategies in agriculture and forestry for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate variability and climate change
Subtitle: report of the CAgM-XII Working Group on the Impact of Management Strategies in Agriculture and Forestry to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and to Adapt to Climate Variability and Climate Change; [at the] twelfth session [of CAgM) held in Accra, Ghana, in February [18-26], 1999.
Contributors: World Meteorological Organization. Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.; CAgM Working Group on the Impact of Management Strategies in Agriculture and Forestry to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and to Adapt to Climate Variability and Climate Change.; World Meteorological Organization.
Series: Technical note -- no. 202.; WMO -- no. 969.; Technical note (World Meteorological Organization) -- no. 202.; WMO (Series) -- no. 969.
Publisher: Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects.; Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Congresses.; Sustainable agriculture -- Economic aspects.; Air quality management -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-165).

In English, with summary also in French, Russian and Spanish.
Table of contents: value: Acknowledgements; value: Foreword; value: Summary (English, French, Russian, and Spanish); value: List of contributors; value: Chap. 1. The recent IPCC assessment of climate change and regions most vulnerable to projected climate change / by M.J. Salinger; value: Chap. 2. The impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and forestry / by Yanxia Zhao; value: Chap. 3. The impact of management strategies in agriculture and agroforestry to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions / by R.L. Desjardins; value: Chap. 4. Adaptation strategies required to reduce vulnerability in agriculture and forestry to climate change, climate variability and climate extremes / by H.P. Das; value: Chap. 5. The impact of management strategies required for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate variability and climate change / by O.D. Sirotenko; value: Chap. 6. Contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerability/adaptation study of agriculture in Africa / by Birama Diarra; value: Chap. 7. Forest industries and climate change / by Jacques Lahaussois; value: Chap. 8. The impact of the conversion of forests into crop and rangelands due to human and livestock population pressure on the sources and sinks of carbon and global warming / by Jens Mackensen; value: Chap. 9. Conclusions and recommendations / by H.P. Das; value: Appendix; value: References.