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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… further reinforced by the recent IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events, summary for policy makers (IPCC, 2011). The … 3) mitigate climate change- induced hazards and other extreme events by protecting intact natural systems and … as ecosystems, have suffered from the impacts of extreme weather. The Wet Tropics bioregion in Far North Queensland is …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… risk management? The rise in number and intensity of many extreme hydro-meteorological events is increasingly … The extent to which an ecosystem will buffer against extreme events will depend on an ecosystem’s health and the … and diverse ecosystems are more resilient to extreme weather events. Intact ecosystems are less likely to be …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… loss (The World Bank, 2010). With the prediction that extreme weather events will increase over the long term due to … are the most vulnerable and also the last to recover from extreme events (UNSIDR, 2009a; Winsemius et al., 2015). While …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… areas – such floods will continue, and will get worse with extreme weather events associated with climate change. In the past, … change. With climate change expected to cause increased extreme weather events, such as prolonged droughts, heavy …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… species (e.g., prey distribution); and • ocean and weather conditions during the time window of the survey. … human disturbance in the survey area; and ° typical weather, oceanographic, and day length conditions for the … active acoustic monitoring; • systematic reporting of weather and ocean conditions from various sensors; and • …