Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change

This open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issu...

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description This open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issues related to climate change, its potential impacts on the various ecosystems, adaptations, and management interventions for enhancing systems resilience in Southern Africa. It is written by numerous scientists from African states and Germany and summarizes the latest research findings, which are of great relevance for a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerabilities as well as for developing management options and policy options to reduce the associated risks. This is crucial considering that the projected African population increase is exceptional. Furthermore, climate change is assumed to hit southern Africa extremely hard with a significant increase in extreme events and the frequency of severe droughts, heat waves, and flooding. Southern Africa hosts a high variety of ecosystems, which belongs to important biodiversity hotspots for unique flora and fauna. The surrounding oceans form, in turn, a bottle neck within the ocean’s global thermohaline circulation, act as a still poorly understood carbon sink and source and play an important role for fisheries as they are highly productive. Considering these important aspects, the book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the scientific literature and will find a wide readership. The book is aimed at students, teachers, and scientists in the fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, environmental, nature and landscape planning, agriculture, environmental and resource management, biodiversity, and nature conservation, as well as scientists and representatives in specialised authorities and associations, nature conservationists, and policy makers of related disciplines.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1330742025-07-17T10:00:09Z Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change von Maltitz, Graham P. Midgley, Guy F. Veitch, Jennifer Brümmer, Christian Rötter, Reimund P. Viehberg, Finn A. Veste, Maik Climate Change Climate Change Impacts Climate-Driven Changes Climate Extremes Ecosystems Management Options Management Strategies SPACES II Sustainability thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability This open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issues related to climate change, its potential impacts on the various ecosystems, adaptations, and management interventions for enhancing systems resilience in Southern Africa. It is written by numerous scientists from African states and Germany and summarizes the latest research findings, which are of great relevance for a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerabilities as well as for developing management options and policy options to reduce the associated risks. This is crucial considering that the projected African population increase is exceptional. Furthermore, climate change is assumed to hit southern Africa extremely hard with a significant increase in extreme events and the frequency of severe droughts, heat waves, and flooding. Southern Africa hosts a high variety of ecosystems, which belongs to important biodiversity hotspots for unique flora and fauna. The surrounding oceans form, in turn, a bottle neck within the ocean’s global thermohaline circulation, act as a still poorly understood carbon sink and source and play an important role for fisheries as they are highly productive. Considering these important aspects, the book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the scientific literature and will find a wide readership. The book is aimed at students, teachers, and scientists in the fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, environmental, nature and landscape planning, agriculture, environmental and resource management, biodiversity, and nature conservation, as well as scientists and representatives in specialised authorities and associations, nature conservationists, and policy makers of related disciplines. 2024-01-16T04:38:50Z 2024-01-16T04:38:50Z 2024-01-15T16:45:02Z 2024 book ONIX_20240115_9783031109485_7 OCN: 1416959091 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86870 9783031109485 9783031109478 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133074 eng Ecological Studies open access image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86870/1/978-3-031-10948-5.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86870/1/978-3-031-10948-5.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86870/1/978-3-031-10948-5.pdf Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5 10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 5a01e5ec-e38b-42fa-a3dc-f29d734174a7 9783031109485 9783031109478 Springer International Publishing 973 Cham [...] open access
spellingShingle Climate Change
Climate Change Impacts
Climate-Driven Changes
Climate Extremes
Ecosystems
Management Options
Management Strategies
SPACES II
Sustainability
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thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title_full Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title_fullStr Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title_short Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change
title_sort sustainability of southern african ecosystems under global change
topic Climate Change
Climate Change Impacts
Climate-Driven Changes
Climate Extremes
Ecosystems
Management Options
Management Strategies
SPACES II
Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
topic_facet Climate Change
Climate Change Impacts
Climate-Driven Changes
Climate Extremes
Ecosystems
Management Options
Management Strategies
SPACES II
Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
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