Forestry and climate change
Climate change and the fate of the Amazon.
Social and ecological impacts of climate change on the Amazon
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Royal Society, 2008
This is a compilation of twenty seven articles focusing on the interactions, impacts and effects of the changing climate on the Amazon region. Each article examines a specific area, providing a multidisciplinary analysis of climate change impacts. Areas discussed include:
- perspectives on ecosystems and social sciences
- interactions between land use, forests and climate
- global warming, drought, deforestation and the precipitation index
- interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires
- paying the people for environmental services in Amazonia
- environmental governance and policy-making networks
- addressing human dimensions of environmental change
