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The insurance value of forests in supplying climate regulation
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2012)
This brief paper proposes an analytical method for estimating the economic
value of forest ecosystems in supplying climate regulation. If, as argued by several
authors, forests ecosystems serve as hedging against climatic ...
Leaf litter decomposition in tropical and temperate rainforests: teaching climate-driven ecosystem processes outside the science classroom.
(External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2012)
Green infrastructure, ecosystem services and their contributions to address climate change in cities: the case of the coastal corridor of the river Mapocho in Santiago de Chile
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Ins. Geografía, 2016)
The paper discusses the arguments in favor of urban green infrastructure and the provision of ecosystem services as key components of urban-ecological systems resilient to climate change. The analytical framework developed ...
The economic value of forests in supplying local climate regulation
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
Several authors have argued that forest ecosystems serve as a hedge against extreme climatic events at a local scale. Consequently, the local climate regulation ecosystem services provided by forests can be economically ...
Biomonitoring Climate Change and Pollution in Marine Ecosystems: A Review on Aulacomya ater
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016-08)
The sedentarism and wide global distribution of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis have made it a useful bioindicator to assess changes in the health status of the marine ecosystem in response to pollution and other environmental ...
Sundarban mangroves: diversity, ecosystem services and climate change impacts
(Bangladesh Agricultural University, 2016-12)
The Bengal delta coast harboring the famous Sundarban mangroves is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Already, salinity intrusion, increasing cyclones and anomalies in rainfall, and temperature, are causing many social ...