By Amanda Bourne, Professor Guy Midgley, Dr Camila Donatti and Dr Stephen Holness
A new vulnerability assessment for the Succulent Karoo identifies key priority sites for research and trials to use Ecosystem based Adaptation methods to improve livelihoods, restore and maintain ecosystem services, and for the conservation of species and landscapes in the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape of South Africa. 2012 By Amanda Bourne,
Professor Guy Midgley, Dr Camila Donatti and Dr Stephen Holness
A new vulnerability assessment for the Succulent Karoo identifies key priority sites for research and trials to use Ecosystem based Adaptation methods to improve livelihoods, restore and maintain ecosystem services, and for the conservation of species and landscapes in the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape of South Africa. 2012 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) predicts that climate change will become one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss by 2100, and this loss as well as other climate change impacts will have negative consequences for human wellbeing. Conversely, conserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is critical to addressing climate change. 2011 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) predicts that climate change will become one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss by 2100, and this loss as well as other climate change impacts will have negative consequences for human wellbeing. Conversely, conserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is critical to addressing climate change. 2011 |