Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNEP/CBD
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Nadi, Fiji
Physical Description:
4 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
35416
Legacy PEIN ID:
75419
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Biological diversity - Convention
Biodiversity - Climate change - Oceania
Climate change
Climate change implication
Biodiveristy
Biodiversity conservation
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Water resource
Lakes - Oceania - Pacific
Water resources conservation
Environment protection
Abstract
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1/ revealed that climate change is threatening the very basis of life. In fact, 20-30 per cent of species assessed so far will face increased risks of extinction if global temperatures increase by 1.5-2.5°C, and critical ecosystems are already being degraded. For example, over the past 100 years, the thickness of sea ice in the Arctic has decreased by 40 per cent, while total available water in the Niger, Lake Chad and Senegal basins has decreased by 40-60 per cent, In the face of such changes to the basic structure and functions of ecosystems, climate change is already forcing species to adapt either through shifting habitat, changing life-cycles, or the development of new physical traits.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNEP/CBD
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Nadi, Fiji
Physical Description:
4 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Language
English
Record ID:
35416
Legacy PEIN ID:
75419
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 20-Mar-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022