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This video provides examples of EbA measures that can be implemented in different ecosystems, including coastal areas, forests and grasslands, amongst others. This video is licensed under the CC…
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This video presents a case study on cost-benefit analysis conducted Griffith University to determine the importance of EbA strategies, such as community conservation and agricultural extension, in…
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Nature offers many solutions for reducing the impacts from disasters and climate impacts. This may include protecting forests on steep slopes, maintaining sand dunes along coastlines, wetlands to…
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This video is the second video of unit 1.1 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are…
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6 February, 2021
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Korea’s reforestation model is recognized globally as a success. The importance of reforestation is increasing because of global climate change. The transformation of ruined forests into dense…
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Este vídeo es la cuarta lección del curso Nuestro Futuro, creado por el Centro de Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y la Universidad de los Andes. Aprende más aquí:…
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This chapter from our course on terrestrial ecosystem management explores the potential negative effects of extracting forest products. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
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In this chapter, Natalie Walker discuss supply chain solutions to deforestation. International corporations have adopted zero-deforestation policies in groups, but can they actually make a…
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The Bolsa Floresta Program started in 2007 as a public policy program for the state of Amazonas focused on the reduction of deforestation. It has four components: income generation, social…
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In this chapter, Virgilio Viana discusses holistic approaches to the design of public policies policies for sustainable development using his experience as state secretary in the state of Amazonas.…
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This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course From the Ground Up: Managing and Preserving Our Terrestrial Ecosystems. Professor Virgilio Viana invites students to be active actors in taking care…
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Agroforestry systems (SAF) can take various forms and combinations of species and strategies of cultivation of the species of interest, but in general is a form of land use that combines cultivation…
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Forest certification is a means of ensuring that forests continue to provide ecosystem services and social benefits long-term in a way that is credible to consumers who are involved in the supply…
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This chapter looks into different types of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and differing definitions of ecosystems, including: A human-determined transition between different types of…
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Terrestrial ecosystems have very close connections with inland freshwater ecosystems in terms of both flora and fauna; to protect a fishery, protect a flooded forest. Forests that occur alongside…
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The human dimension of terrestrial ecosystems is often neglected or poorly addressed. Virgilio Viana argues that the best long-term solution for good stewardship of these ecosystems is to make…
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