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Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change new

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Global%20Warming%20Low%20PDF.pdf

a report by the Rainforest Foundation UK about emissions from deforestation in the Congo Basin, and the likely impact of increased logging and land conversion in the future (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) popular

http://www.igbp.kva.se/

7 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

scientific effort to predict the effects of changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and land use on terrestrial ecosystems, and resultant feedbacks to the atmosphere and climate system
Added: Feb. 21, 2001 | Rate It

Assessing Large Scale Risks for Biodiversity with Tested Methods (ALARM)

http://www.alarmproject.net/alarm/

seeks to develop an integrated large scale risk assessment for biodiversity as well as terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems associated with climate change, environmental chemicals, rates and extent of loss of pollinators and biological invasions
Added: Sep. 17, 2006 | Rate It

Avoided Deforestation Partners.org

http://www.adpartners.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

works to harness market forces toward halting tropical deforestation through innovative public and private sector partnerships
Added: Feb. 08, 2008 | Rate It

Biodiversity and climate change

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/climate/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

UNEP-WCMC aims to put authoritative knowledge on biodiversity and climate change at the heart of decision-making, enabling better links between the climate and biodiversity policy worlds
Added: May. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Climate Change Initiative -- IUCN World Conservation Union

http://www.iucn.org/themes/climate/

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

concerned with climate change in relation to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources; assists countries in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It

Climate change: Accounting for carbon

http://www.nature.com/nature/links/011108/011108-2.html

the journal "Nature" presents the "Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems" article which examines the effectiveness of terrestrial carbon sinks
Added: Nov. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Forestry Project - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/

seeks to contribute to improved international policy setting regarding sustainable development of the world's forests, including providing the Austrian Carbon Database
Added: Jul. 29, 2002 | Rate It

Global Canopy Programme

http://www.globalcanopy.org/

an alliance of 29 scientific institutions in 19 countries, which lead the world in forest canopy research, education and conservation; seeking to define and explore the range and economic value of forest ecosystem services
Added: Dec. 28, 2007 | Rate It

Global Roundtable on Climate Change

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/grocc/

4 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It

Impact of a Drier Early–Mid-Holocene Climate upon Amazonian Forests

http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/h8ux8t2x337127h1/fulltext.pdf

report describes the effects of a drier climate 8000 to 4000 years ago on Amazonian forests and the fires that occur there (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

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