Sustainable development, climate change and tropical rain forest landscape P.S. Ramakrishnan
Subject(s): In: Climatic Change 39 (1998),p. 583-600Summary: A potential impact of climate change in the South Asian context in general and the Indian subcontinent in particular is an increase in rainfall, in some areas up to 50%. Using an extensive information base availabe on the dynamics of landscape structure and function of the northeastern hill areas of India, scenarios on landscape changes, as an adaptation to climate change, have been constructed. Climate change would impose a variety of stresses on sustainable livelihood of the inhabitants of the rain-forested areas through stresses on ecosystem function. It is concluded that appropriate management strategies for natural forests and plantation forestry, should go hand in hand with a comprehensive rural ecosystem rehabilitation plan.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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A potential impact of climate change in the South Asian context in general and the Indian subcontinent in particular is an increase in rainfall, in some areas up to 50%. Using an extensive information base availabe on the dynamics of landscape structure and function of the northeastern hill areas of India, scenarios on landscape changes, as an adaptation to climate change, have been constructed. Climate change would impose a variety of stresses on sustainable livelihood of the inhabitants of the rain-forested areas through stresses on ecosystem function. It is concluded that appropriate management strategies for natural forests and plantation forestry, should go hand in hand with a comprehensive rural ecosystem rehabilitation plan.
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