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Options for Forest Management for Coping with Climate Change in South Asia

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Projected climate change will adversely impact distribution and diversity of forests in South Asia. It may also lead to increase in vulnerability to pests and pathogens including risks of forest dieback. While there may be short-term increase in biomass production because of the CO2 fertilization effect, eventually climate change will reduce NPP. Thus, there is a strong need for identification of adaptation strategies to minimize risks of forest fragmentation. Research priorities include development of dynamic vegetation models, and initiation of long-term experiments. Identification of appropriate policies is essential to minimize the adverse impacts of climate change on forest production.

Keywords

  • Ecosystem service
  • Forest biodiversity
  • Dynamic vegetation models
  • Ecological research
  • Mitigation potential policies

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Abbreviations

CCCM:

Canadian Climate Change Model

GCM:

General Circulation Model

GFDM:

Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Model

HadRM:

Hadley Center Regional Model

Mha:

Million hectares

MMD:

Multi-model data

RCM:

Regional Climate Model

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India for the support to Indian Institute of Science under the GEF-UNDP National Communications Project. We also thank Norwegian Embassy for the support for conducting research on climate change at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies.

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    N. H. Ravindranath, Indu K. Murthy & Shilpa Swarnim

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Ravindranath, N.H., Murthy, I.K., Swarnim, S. (2010). Options for Forest Management for Coping with Climate Change in South Asia. In: Lal, R., Sivakumar, M., Faiz, S., Mustafizur Rahman, A., Islam, K. (eds) Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9516-9_20

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