Follow the spiders: Ecosystems as early warnings

Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems for Climate Change

Volumn 9789401785983, Issue , 2013, Pages 339-353

  Zommers, Zinta ^a  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Cyclone; Drought; Early warning; Forest fire; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH HAZARDS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADVANCED WARNINGS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOREST FIRES; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84931301364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8598-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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