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Updates from Brazil: Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective

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Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective: The “Mata Atlântica” project translated to Portuguese the document “Making Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Effective: Parameters to define qualification criteria and quality standards”. The publication provides practical information for designing, implementing and monitoring EbA measures.

The Biodiversity and Climate Change project in the Atlantic Forest (“Mata Atlântica Project”) is coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA), in the context of the Brazil-Germany Cooperation for Sustainable Development, within the scope of the International Climate Protection Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany. The initiative has technical support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and financial support from KfW.

 

Analyzing Carbon Stocks in a Mediterranean Forest Enterprise: A Case Study from Kizildag, Turkey

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The highlights in this new publication are:

  • Forests, grasslands, and agricultural areas are the primary deposits of carbon.
  • Forests have an enormous storage capacity of carbon compared to other terrestrial ecosystems.
  • The vast majority of carbon stocked in soil component for each land use/land cover classes.
  • Special attention should be paid for soil carbon studies.
  • Negative effects of climate change can be reversed by proper forest management.

Read the full paper here.

Updates from ESP Brazil national network

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Ecosystem Services Reference Framework

Researchers from 13 Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) units prepared a document that aims to support actions related to ecosystem services in Brazil. The Ecosystem Services Reference Framework (Marco Referencial em Serviços Ambientais – MRSE) is a pioneer publication in the country and can help technicians, producers, scientists and society in general to understand and apply the concepts and approachs of this topic. The publication is available only in Portuguese and can be download on pdf and epub formats.

Latest papers

Agricultural Impacts on Hydrobiogeochemical Cycling in the Amazon: Is There Any Solution? (https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030763)

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Ecosystem Services in Asia in the journal Ecosystem Services

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Title: Ecosystem Services Science, Policy and Practice in Asia: examples of applications in planning, management and decision making

Responding to calls from Asian researchers and practitioners during various ESP-conferences on ecosystem services (a.o. the ESP-Asia Forum during the 10th ESP World Conference, Oct. 2019), this special issue aims to provide examples of relevant contributions to ecosystem-based policy-making, to find innovative solutions from case studies, and to stimulate future research activities on actualization of ES approaches in Asia. [Read more…] about Call for Papers: Special Issue on Ecosystem Services in Asia in the journal Ecosystem Services