Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America

An ecosystem service perspective
Herausgeber: Chiabai, Aline

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. This loss is accelerating driven by climate change, as well as by other causes including agricultural exploitation, fragmentation and degradation triggered by land use changes. 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, which it is amongst the richest and most threatened biodiversity regions on the Earth, and where the loss of ecosystems strongly affects its socio-economic vulnerability. This book addresses the impacts of climate and land-use change on tropical forest ecosystems in this important region, and assesses the expected economic costs if no policy action is taken, under different future scenarios and for different geographical scales. This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate and land-use change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystems and benefits to humans. This important contribution to forest ecosystems and climate change 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780415720809
• ISBN-10: 041572080X
• Artikelnr.: 40138990

Autorenporträt

Aline Chiabai is a senior researcher at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), where she coordinates the research area on health and climate change.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Central American Tropical Forests, Ecosystem Services
and Human Wellbeing 1. An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of
Central America 2. Ecosystem services in tropical forests: Contribution to
human well-being and implications for economic valuation Part 2: Climate,
Water and Land-Use Changes in Central American Tropical Forests 3. Impacts
of climate change on ecosystem hydrological services of Central America:
Water availability 4. Climate change impacts on the water services in Costa
Rica: A production function for the hydro-energy sector 5. Climate change
economic impacts on water and recreation services in Central American
forests 6. Cost-benefit analysis of alternative land-use scenarios: A
sustainability study for the volcanic central Talamanca biological corridor
Part 3: Economic Assessment, Adaptation, Options and Policy Implications
7. The role of economic valuation of ecosystem services in an
interdisciplinary context 8. Ecosystem-based adaptation: Natural responses
to climate change impacts