India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Sandra Daz

• Linking functional diversity and social actor strategies in a framework for interdisciplinary analysis of nature's benefits to society

  The crucial role of biodiversity in the links between ecosystems and societies has been repeatedly highlighted both as source of wellbeing and as a target of human actions, but not all aspects of biodiversity are equally important to different ecosystem services.

  • 18/01/2011

• Biodiversity in forest carbon sequestration initiatives: not just a side benefit

  One way of mitigating global climate change is protecting and enhancing biosphere carbon stocks. The success of mitigation initiatives depends on the long-term net balance between carbon gains and losses. The biodiversity of ecological communities, including composition and variability of traits of plants and soil organisms, can alter this balance in several ways.

  • 01/10/2009

  • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • • Forests
    • Forest Conservation
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Mitigation
    • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
    • Carbon Sinks
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Biodiversity
    • Biodiversity Conservation
    • Andy Hector
    • REDD
    • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
    • Sandra Daz
    • David A Wardle