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EbA planning in the Panchase Mountain Ecological Region (2015)
Abstract: As part of numerous efforts on adapting to climate change in Nepal, an approach of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is being demonstrated in the Panchase Mountain Ecological Region (PMER). Partners under the project entitled Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems in Nepal have been implementing activities to reduce vulnerability of the PMER to climate change and enhance resilient capacity of communities and ecosystems in the region to cope with adverse impacts of climate change already being witnessed.
Marine Economics and Policy Related to Ecosystem Services: Lessons from the Mediterranean, Black and Caribbean Regional Seas (Paulo Nunes and John Gowdy, 2013)
An Initial Estimate of the Value of Ecosystem Services in Bhutan (I. Kubiszewski, R. Costanza, L. Dorji, P. Thoennes and K. Tshering, 2013)
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What Have Economists Learned about Valuing Nature? A Review Essay (Sarah Parks and John Gowdy, 2013)
Framing Local Outcomes of Biodiversity Conservation through Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from Ranomafana, Madagascar (Susanna Kari and Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, 2013)
Climate Models at Their Limit? (Mark Maslin and Patrick Austin, 2012)
Maslin, M.& Austin, Patrick.(2012). Climate models at their limit? Nature. 183-184.
Disaster- Prone Technologies, Environmental Risks, and Profit Maximization (Richard England, 1988)
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The adoption of modern industrial technologies has resulted in dramatic improvements in labor productivity during recent decades, but these methods of production also frequently require the processing, storage and transportation of explosive or toxic chemicals, radioisotopes and other hazardous materials. As tragic events in Brazil, Mexico and India have vividly illustrated, substantial risks of major industrial disasters accompany the adoption of these productivity- enhancing techniques.
The Impact of Climate Change on Global Tropical Cyclone Damage (R. Mendelsohn, K. Emanuel, S. Chonabayashi and L. Bakkensen, 2012)
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Examining the Storm Protection Services of Mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 Cyclone (Saudamini Das, 2011)
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