Climate information and capacity needs for ecosystem management under a changing climate

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 206-227

  Munang, R ^a   Rivington, M ^b   Takle, E S ^c   Mackey, B ^d   Thiaw, I ^a   Liu, J ^a  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^b Macaulay Land Use Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate information; Decision making; Ecosystems services; Ecosytem management

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATIC INFORMATIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ECOSYTEM MANAGEMENT; INFORMED DECISION; INTEGRAL PART; MITIGATION STRATEGY; RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUPPORTING SYSTEMS; WELL BEING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78650808682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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