IMPLICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO BIODIVERSITYby Burton Dorley | 25-04-2014 01:51 |
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![]() FEEDBACK FROM IMPACTS ON HUMAN SYSTEM Climate change also affects human systems in ways that result in getting the feedbacks to biodiversity. Human systems dependent on the relatively stable climate typical of many years may be disrupted by climate change. Climate change is likely to change agricultural conditions in ways that will depress yields, at least temporarily, in many areas. The reduction of agricultural productivity may lead to farming over more extensive areas at the expense of existing natural habitat. IMPLICATION OF CLIMATE ON BIODIVERSITY The reduction in greenhouse emission can be accomplished by using renewable energy technologies namely: Wind Power, Waste Power and Solar Power, which these technologies may have positive or negative effects on biodiversity depending upon site selection and management practices. Substitution of fuel wood by crop waste, the use of more efficient wood stoves and solar energy, and improved techniques to produce charcoal can also take pressure from forest, wood lots ad hedgerows. Studies have demonstrated low rates of bird collision with windmills, but the mortality may be significant for rare species. Hydropower, which has been promoted as a technology with significant potential to mitigate the high level of Climate change by reducing the gas intensity of energy production, has adverse the potential effects on biodiversity. What we need to do as humans and also Environmentalist is to protect our Ecosystem, because the slowing of deforestation and forest degradation can provide substantial biodiversity benefits in addition to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and preserving ecological services.
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