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Title Climate change impacts on tropical forests in Central America : an ecosystem service perspective / edited by Aline Chiabai
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group/Earthscan from Routledge, 2015
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Description 1 online resource
Series The Earthscan forest library
Earthscan forest library.
Contents Introduction / Aline Chiabai -- Part I. Central American tropical forests, ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of Central America / Lenin Corrales, Claudia Bouroncle, and Juan Carlos Zamora -- Ecosystem services in tropical forests : contribution to human well-being and implications for economic valuation / Aline Chiabai -- Part II. Impacts of climate and land-use changes in Central American tropical forests -- Impacts of climate change on ecosystem hydrological services of Central America : water availability / Pablo Imbach, Bruno Locatelli, Juan Carlos Zamora, Emily Fung, Lluis Calderer, Luis Molina and Philippe Ciais -- Climate change impacts on the water services in Costa Rica : a production function for the hydro-energy sector / Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Aline Chiabai and Juan Carlos Zamora -- Climate change economic impacts on water and recreation services in Central American forests / Elena Ojea, Juan Carlos Zamora, Julia Martin-Ortega and Pablo Imbach -- Cost-Benefit analysis of alternative land-use scenarios : a sustainability study for the Volcanic Central Talamanca Biological Corridor / Helen Ding, Aline Chiabai and Diego Tobar -- Part III. Economic assessment, adaptation options and policy implications -- The role of economic valuation of ecosystem services in an interdisciplinary context / Anil Markandya -- Ecosystem-based adaptation : natural responses to climate change impacts / Giacomo Fedele, Raffaele Vignola and Marco Otarola
Summary "Climate change is expected to be the primary cause for biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services on a global scale, with increased risk of extinction for many plant and animal species. The crucial issue under debate is the impact on the welfare of current and future population, and the role of humans in the exploitation of natural resources. This is of particular importance in Central America where, on one hand, a major share of the world's biodiversity capital is concentrated and, on the other hand, ecological biodiversity loss strongly impacts socio-economic vulnerability. This book will address the impacts of climate change on tropical forest ecosystems and related services in this important region, and will assess the projected economic costs if no policy action is taken by the end of the century. This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystem services and benefits to humans. This important contribution to climate change and forestry studies provides invaluable reading for students and scholars in the fields of environmental and ecological economics, environmental science and forestry, natural resource management, agriculture and climate change"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 24, 2015)
Subject Climatic changes -- Central America
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Central America
Rain forest ecology -- Central America
Forest biodiversity -- Central America
Forest degradation -- Central America
Ecosystem services -- Central America
NATURE -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Climatic changes
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
Ecology
Economic history
Ecosystem services
Forest biodiversity
Forest degradation
Rain forest ecology
SUBJECT Central America -- Environmental conditions
Central America -- Economic conditions -- 1979- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021876
Subject Central America
Form Electronic book
Author Chiabai, Aline, editor.
ISBN 9781317961505
1317961501
041572080X
9780415720809
9781315866703
1315866706
9781317961499
1317961498