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Helping Islands Adapt: A Workshop on Regional Action to Combat Invasive Species on Islands to Preserve Biodiversity and Adapt to Climate Change
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2010-06-22 17:06Body:
Introduction Protected areas are an essential part of the global response to climate change. They are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are also helping society cope with climate change by maintaining essential services upon which people depend. Although many natural and managed ecosystems can help to mitigate or adapt to climate change, protected areas offer several advantages: recognition (often legal); long-term commitment to protection; agreed management and governance approaches; and management planning and capacity. They are often the most cost-effective option.
Pole-to-Pole Climate Research: Adaptation Lessons from Tiny Springtails
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Science Daily
What can minuscule soil-dwellers teach us about nature's adaptation to climate change? Researchers in Norway and South Africa are using springtails as model systems in order to study how different species respond when the climate changes.
They are about one millimetre long. Your foot lands on hundreds of them with each step you take in the woods. Their scientific name is Collembola, but their appearance has earned them the common name of springtails.
Protecting the Biodiversity of the Cape Peninsula
Submitted by tianyili on Wed, 2010-05-05 13:04
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The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
South Africa faces serious challenges associated with climate change. Water scarcity is already very high on the political agenda, and climate change will further aggravate the water situation. Other important challenges include health effects. Biodiversity loss will be especially economically important, given some of the country’s unique natural habitats and their relevance to the tourism industry. South Africa is better prepared to deal with the consequences of climate change than many other African countries because of the availability of more reliable climate data and projections than other African states. Since 2004, South Africa has had a national climate strategy that addresses the need for adaptation. A more detailed adaptation policy is currently under preparation and is expected to be released in 2010.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
[Meister Consultants Group](http://www.mc-group.com/)
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The Cape Peninsula, on the Atlantic Ocean in the far southwest of Africa, is famous for its impressive biodiversity. The unique ecosystem is not only threatened by the growth of the city of Cape Town, but also by the impacts of climate change. The peninsula’s status as a nature reserve, therefore, is no longer sufficient to protect its biodiversity.
The goal of The Cape Peninsula Biodiversity Conservation Project is to establish a national park.
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