Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Forestry: Briefing Note

United Nations Environment Programme

Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Forestry: Briefing Note

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Ecosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-26T08:17:35Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-26T08:17:35Z
dc.date.issued	2022-07
dc.description	Ecosystem-based Adaptation is the utilization of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of a strategy to aid people in adapting to the adverse effects of climate change. Forests are important ecosystems for adaptation efforts, being home to some 300 million people and most of the planet’s terrestrial biodiversity, including plants, fungi, and both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. These organisms form complex ecosystems whose services provide clean air and water, food, timber, and other resources to humans, supporting some 1.6 billion livelihoods. Over millennia, forests have also moderated changes in climate by sequestering carbon and serving as carbon sinks. However, a range of human activities leading to deforestation and forest degradation have eliminated forest ecosystems across vast areas of the planet, releasing large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and compounding threats from climate change to forests and the services they provide.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40406
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.page.number	12 pages
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	ecosystem
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.theme	climate
dc.title	Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Forestry: Briefing Note	en
dc.title.alternative	L’adaptation fondée sur les écosystèmes dans les zones forestières: Note de synthèse	fr
dc.title.alternative	Adaptación basada en los ecosistemas y silvicultura: Nota informativa	es
dc.title.alternative	Adaptação baseada em ecossistemas e silvicultura: Nota Informativa	pt
dc.type	Policy brief