Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio

Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ALIEN SPECIES AMAZON RAINFOREST AMPHIBIANS ANIMAL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS ARTISANAL FISHERIES BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLANS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIODIVERSITY VALUE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOLOGY BIOMASS BIRD BIRD AREAS BIRDS BOTANISTS BREEDING BUFFER ZONES CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON OFFSET CATTLE CIVIL STRIFE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL COMMUNITIES COASTAL DEVELOPMENT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL FISHERIES COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL WATERS COASTAL WETLANDS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CONSERVANCY CONSERVATION CONSERVATION ACTION CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONSERVATION INITIATIVES CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION PRIORITIES CONSERVATION STATUS CORAL CORAL REEF REHABILITATION CORAL REEFS CORALS CRITICAL AREAS CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM CROPS DIAMOND MINING DOMESTIC ANIMALS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE CHANNELS DRY FORESTS ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE ELEPHANTS EMISSION REDUCTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES ESTUARINE EXOTIC PLANTS EXOTIC SPECIES FAUNA FIELD GUIDES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISH POPULATIONS FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLORA FLORISTIC REGION FOOD CHAIN FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRES FOREST GOVERNANCE FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS FRUIT FRUITS GENETIC GENETIC DIVERSITY GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOATS GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES IMAGES INDICATOR SPECIES INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES INVASIVE SPECIES ISSUES LAKE LAKES LAND MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND USES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK GRAZING MAMMALS MANGROVE SWAMPS MANGROVES MARINE BIODIVERSITY MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES MEADOWS MIGRATORY BIRDS MITIGATION MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS MOUNTAIN RANGES MOUNTAIN SLOPES MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARKS NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL HABITAT NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL WETLANDS OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS OCEANS PARKS PASTURE PASTURES PEAT PLAINS PLANNING PROCESS PLANT PLANT COMMUNITIES PLANT SPECIES PLANTATION PLANTATIONS POLLINATION POLLUTANTS QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RAINFALL RAINFORESTS RANGE MANAGEMENT RANGES RARE SPECIES RECREATIONAL USE REEF RESERVES RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN ZONES RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE RUNOFF SALTWATER INTRUSION SAVANNA SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEWAGE TREATMENT SHEEP SHIPS SHORE SOILS SOUND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SPECIES SPECIES RICHNESS STORMS STREAMS SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY SWAMP TAIGA TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS TIGER TIGERS TOURISM TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST VEGETATION VEGETATION COVER VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED PROTECTION WATERSHEDS WAVES WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLANDS WETLANDS PROGRAMS WETLANDS RESTORATION WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WILDLIFE TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/10607068/biodiversity-climate-change-adaptation-nature-based-solutions-world-bank-portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6216

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/10607068/biodiversity-climate-change-adaptation-nature-based-solutions-world-bank-portfolio
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6216

Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio

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