Research work · 2024
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Climate Change
Climate Change and Nature
Abstract
This chapter covers the interplay between biodiversity, Ecosystem Services (ES), and climate change. It discusses how healthy biodiversity will help people tackle threats from climate change, referring to the significance of traditional nature reserves and protected areas. Moreover, ES and Nature Based Solutions are being used increasingly to highlight ways in which nature helps to make human life both possible and worth living. The chapter explains the provisioning of ecosystem services, particularly agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. It shows that attempts to protect the essential biodiversity needed to maintain and strengthen future ES in the face of climate change will depend on wide and prolonged community involvement.