Biodiversity in the balance
Subtitle: mitigation and adaptation conflicts and synergies
By: edited by Pam Berry
Publisher: Pensoft
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sofia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789546425386; 9789546425164
Subjects: Life Sciences; Biodiversity; Wilderness; NATURE; SCIENCE; Environmental Science (see also Chemistry; Climate change mitigation; Environmental); Ecosystems & Habitats; Climatic factors; Ecology; Biodiversity conservation
Description: Climate change and biodiversity loss are both pressing global problems. Efforts are being made to address the former through various mitigation and adaptation activities, but these may have consequences for biodiversity which are not identified or acknowledged. This book reviews how mitigation and adaptation measures in eight key areas: agriculture, forestry, energy, built environment, river and coastal flood management, health, tourism and leisure and conservation, identifying how they may impact positively or negatively on biodiversity. It also recognises the interactions which can occur between them and which may be neutral, synergistic or involve trade-offs. It shown how, by including biodiversity in mitigation and adaptation, co-benefits can be achieved and thus identifies cost-effective approaches to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss. This book will be of interest to researches in climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity and conservation, as well as policymakers involved in formulating adaptation and mitigation strategies and stakeholders engaged in their implementation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity; title: Agriculture; title: Forestry; title: Energy; title: Built environment; title: River and coastal flood management; title: Tourism and leisure; title: Effects of climate change on human health and measures of mitigation and adaptation; title: Conservation; title: Synthesis of interactions between mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity.