2013-06-02 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: Best Trees to Plant in Zambia and Some Other Good Things
BEST TREES TO PLANT IN ZAMBIA - Early this year, Andre Biemba wrote, ‘Please assist me know the best trees I can suggest to plant in my country (Zambia) that can reduce the effects of climate change.’ Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know if others, please contact Andrew at andrewbiemba@yahoo.com
Ajayi, O.C, et al. 2009? Local solutions to global problems: the potential of agroforestry for climate change adaptation and mitigation in southern Africa. Invited paper presented at the Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation (TroFCCA) Regional meeting “Knowledge and Action on Forests for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa”, November 18-20, Accra, Ghana. 17 p.
Asiimwe, Herbert M. 2012. Rwanda: The Positive Impact of Tree Planting on Climate Change. All Africa.
Bayan, Edgar Kapiza. 2008. Malawi's initiatives in response to climate change. LEISA Magazine • 24.4.
CIFOR. 2008? Simply REDD - CIFOR’s guide to forests, climate change and REDD. 16 p.
Climate Change and Reforestation Environmental Project Victoria Falls – Zambia. 7 p.
Climate Change Impact on Grasslands & Savannas
Conway, Gordon. 2009. The science of climate change in Africa: impacts and adaptation. Grantham Institute for Climate Change Discussion Paper No 1. 24 p.
Extent of Ecosystems in Zambia. 23 p.
FAO. 2009. Adapting to climate change. Unasylva No.231/232 Vol 1-2.
Funk, Matthew Tyler. 2007. Best trees to plant to fight global warming.
Georgia, Colette 2007. Best trees to plant to fight global warming.
IITA. 2012. Banana can protect coffee from the effects of climate change.
IUCN. 2009, Species and Climate Change: More than Just the Polar Bear. 46 p.
Jha, Alok. 2006. Planting trees to save planet is pointless, say ecologist. The Guardian.
Karsenty, Alain et al. 2003,. Instruments related to the United Nations framework convention on climate change and their potential for sustainable forest management in Africa. Forests and Climate Change Working Paper 1. 84 p.
Kirilenko, Andrei P; Sedjo, Roger A. 2007. Climate change impacts on forestry.
Lovett, Jon C, 2007.Climate change and Africa: an ecological perspective.
Moonga, Moses 2012. Agroforestry for climate resilience. Agfax.
More On "If climate changes, what might happen?"
Mudenda, Mweembe Muleya. 2010. Climatic Change in Zambia: Ignore, Mitigate or Adapt? 14 p.
Mwingira, Candida E. et al. 2011. Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Community Livelihoods in the Katavi Ecosystem. Externship Report: Tanzania. 44 p.
Neufeldt H, et al. 2009. Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenges of mitigation, adaptation and food security.World Agroforestry Centre Policy Brief 07. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. 6 p.
O’Donnell, Lauren 2009? ‘Trees for Zambia’ – Meeting Climate Change Challenges through Voluntourism, Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration. 10 p.
PART 2: If climate changes what might happen?
Rao, KPC et al. 2007. Adaptation to Climate Change through Sustainable Management and Development of Agroforestry Systems. SAT eJournal 4(1): 1-30.
Robertson, Jessica. 2012. Experiments Underestimate Climate Change Impacts to Plants.
Sampa, Annie. 2013. Planting trees for tomorrow’s benefits. Times of Zambia.
The Agricultural Implications of Global Climate Change
Trees Cultivation to Lessen Impact Global Warming.
Trees for Zambia. Youtube
UN-OHRLLS. 2009. The impact of climate change on the development prospects of the least developed countries and small island developing states. 56 p.
WBA. 2010. Bioenergy in Zambia - Report from WBA mission to Zambia, June 2010. 29 p.
Which Trees Offset Global Warming Best?
Based on my very limited literature search for Costa Rica - Choose plants that are: appropriate for the climate and region; native; legumes; have rapid growth; long lived; low maintenance; and trees that are in danger of extinction or of benefit to wildlife -- Gyde.
SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST
Abualgasim, M.R. et al. 2011. Mapping and Monitoring Land-Cover/Land-Use Change in the Gash Agricultural Scheme (Eastern Sudan) Using Remote Sensing. Tropentag 2011 ETH University of Bonn, October 5 - 7, 2011. Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. 5 p.
Amos, Jonathan. 2013. Esa approves Biomass satellite to monitor Earth's forests. BBC News
Anon. 2013. Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark. BBC News.
Anon. 2013. New phone app can help save forests, wildlife. The Nation.
Ballarat. 2013. Protecting our forests vs protecting firefighters: Has the DSE got the balance right? ABC South West Victoria.
Bezanson, M., et al. 2013. Reducing the ecological impact of field research. Am. J. Primatol. 75(1):1-9
Bottrill, M.C.; Pressey, R.L. 2012. The effectiveness and evaluation of conservation planning. Conserv. Lett. 5(6):407-420. Abstract.
Butchart, S.H.M., et al. 2013. Sharing future conservation costs response. Science 339(6117):271-272.
Butler, Rhett A. 2013. Entire planet will soon have rapid deforestation detection system. Mongabay.com.
Carswell, Allan I. 2011. Lidar Imagery – From simple snapshots to mobile 3D panoramas. 12 p.
Chestney, Nina. 2013. Evidence grows of rainforest resilience to global warming. Reuters.
Chojnacky, David C.; et al. 2013. Web application to access and visualize US Forest Inventory and Analysis Program down woody material data. Journal of Forestry. 111(2):132-128. Abstract. From Barbara Conkling, USFS.
Čížková, H., et al. 2013. Actual state of European wetlands and their possible future in the context of global climate change. Aquat. Sci. 75(1):3-26. First page.
Costello, M.J., et al. 2013. Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS ONE 8(1):e51629.
Dawelbait, Nagla et al. 2006. Estimating forest cover and forest cover change in Sudan. FAO FRA Working Paper 109/E. 41 p.
Dobrowski, S.Z., et al. 2013. The climate velocity of the contiguous United States during the 20th century. Global Change Biol. 19(1):241-251.
Dymond, J. R., et al. 2012. Remote sensing of land-use change for Kyoto Protocol reporting: the New Zealand case. Environmental Science & Policy 16: 1-8
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BCN - Biological Conservation Newsletter No. 341 May 2013 is now available at http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm#top
Proceedings - 12th International Coastal Symposium, Plymouth University, 8-12 April 2013 is available online at http://ics2013.org/default.asp?page=proceedings. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.
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Pay It Forward – Cheers, Gyde
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