Management strategies in agriculture and forestry for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate variability and climate change : report of the CAgM-XII Working Group on the Impact of Management Strategies in Agriculture and Forestry to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and to Adapt to Climate Variability and Climate Change; [at the] twelfth session [of CAgM) held in Accra, Ghana, in February [18-26], 1999.
Language: English Summary language: frerusspa Series: Technical note (World Meteorological Organization) ; no. 202. | WMO (Series) ; no. 969.Geneva, Switzerland : Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, 2004Description: vi, 165 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmContent type:- text
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- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
- Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
- Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects
- Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Congresses
- Sustainable agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Air quality management -- Congresses
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-165).
Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Summary (English, French, Russian, and Spanish) -- List of contributors -- Chap. 1. The recent IPCC assessment of climate change and regions most vulnerable to projected climate change / by M.J. Salinger -- Chap. 2. The impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and forestry / by Yanxia Zhao -- Chap. 3. The impact of management strategies in agriculture and agroforestry to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions / by R.L. Desjardins -- Chap. 4. Adaptation strategies required to reduce vulnerability in agriculture and forestry to climate change, climate variability and climate extremes / by H.P. Das -- Chap. 5. The impact of management strategies required for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate variability and climate change / by O.D. Sirotenko -- Chap. 6. Contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerability/adaptation study of agriculture in Africa / by Birama Diarra -- Chap. 7. Forest industries and climate change / by Jacques Lahaussois -- Chap. 8. The impact of the conversion of forests into crop and rangelands due to human and livestock population pressure on the sources and sinks of carbon and global warming / by Jens Mackensen -- Chap. 9. Conclusions and recommendations / by H.P. Das -- Appendix -- References.
In English, with summary also in French, Russian and Spanish.