Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNDP/CBD
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
?
Physical Description:
132 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37514
Legacy PEIN ID:
77524
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Protected areas
Protected areas - Management
Abstract
The world’s biodiversity – the species, ecosystems and ecological processes that compose the natural world – are of incalculable value to humanity. The world’s agricultural systems depend upon biodiversity to sustain genetic plant and animal diversity, to provide pollination services, and to maintain irrigation services.1 The world’s cities depend upon biodiversity to provide clean drinking water to their burgeoning populations.2 The world’s coastal communities, in which one-half to two-thirds of all of humanity resides,3 depend upon the natural infrastructure of coral reefs, sea grass beds, and mangroves to buffer them from the impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise and increased storm surges. The world’s inland communities depend upon the natural infrastructure of healthy forests, grasslands and wetlands to buffer them against increased drought, flooding, disease and natural disasters.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNDP/CBD
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
?
Physical Description:
132 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37514
Legacy PEIN ID:
77524
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 26-Oct-2010
Record Modified: 24-Mar-2021