Increasing Climate Variability and Change Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Salinger, James (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sivakumar, M.V.K (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Motha, Raymond P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Atmospheric sciences.; Agriculture.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Forestry Management.

One of the major challenges facing humankind is to provide an equitable standard of living for this and future generations: adequate food, water and energy, safe shelter and a healthy environment. Human-induced climate change, and increasing climate variability, as well as other global environmental...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability
• Foreword
• Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future — an Overview
• Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics
• Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics
• Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Temperate Regions: Europe
• Impacts of Present and Future Climate Change and Climate Variability on Agriculture in the Temperate Regions: North America
• Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCC
• Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture
• The Development of Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting
• Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change in Agricultural Planning and Operations
• Using Traditional Methods and Indigenous Technologies for Coping with Climate Variability
• Tomorrow’s Forests: Adapting to a Changing Climate
• Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Climate, Communications, and Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities
• Role of Education and Training in Agricultural Meteorology to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Variability
• Agrometeorological Research and Applications Needed to Prepare Agriculture and Forestry to 21st Century Climate Change
• Reducing Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Variability and Change: Workshop Summary and Recommendations.