Climate change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A new pragmatic approach to buffering climate change impacts

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-71

  Munang, Richard ^a   Thiaw, Ibrahim ^a   Alverson, Keith ^a   Mumba, Musonda ^a   Liu, Jian ^b   Rivington, Mike ^c  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875494752     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.12.001     Document Type: Review

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