Ecosystem-based adaptation
Subtitle: a natural response to climate change
By: [A. Colls, N. Ash, and N. Ikkala
Contributors: Ash, Neville; Ikkala, N. (Ninni); IUCN--The World Conservation Union; IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management; Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gland, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9782831712154
Subjects: Planning; Conservation of natural resources; Climatic changes; Environmental aspects; Case studies; Ecosystem management; Biodiversity conservation
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 16).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Integrated approach to ecosystem-based adaptation in high mountain ecosystems in the Colombian Andes; title: Identifying opportunities for ecosystem-based adaptation in eastern Africa; title: Ethiopia's National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA); title: Livelihood enhancement and diversification in Sri Lanka; title: Community-based coastal habitat restoration in tsunami-affected coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Malaysia; title: Integrated water resources management in Tanzania; title: Community-based fire management in Australia; title: Restoration of saltmarsh through managed realignment of coastal defences along the North Sea coast of the UK; title: Ecosystem-based adaptation by small-holder farmers in Sweden; title: Adapting the design and management of marine protected areas to sustain biodiversity and human livelihoods in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea; title: Lessons learned : principles of effective ecosystem-based adaptation; title: Barriers, limits and knowledge gaps.