Adaptation of Asia-Pacific Forests to Climate Change (APFCC) is an APFNet funded research project based in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC.
Phase I of this project has successfully achieved 6 main outputs, including (1) a scientific and a policy review, (2) development of a high-resolution climate model, (3) development of climate niche models for five major forest tree species, (4) application of models to 4 pilot sites, (5) development of a Google Map based web tool to facilitate spatial visualization of model outputs, (6) extension
10/09/2018
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/35/13116.full
A climate-change risk analysis for world ecosystems We quantify the risks of climate-induced changes in key ecosystem processes during the 21st century by forcing a dynamic global vegetation model with multiple scenarios from 16 climate models and mapping the proportions of model runs showing forest/nonforest shifts or exceedance of natural variabili...
09/24/2018
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112717313300
Forest management for adaptation to climate change in the Mediterranean basin: A synthesis of evidence As global climate becomes warmer, the maintenance of the structure and function of Mediterranean forests constitutes a key challenge to forest manager…
03/01/2018
https://www.weadapt.org/knowledge-base/climate-finance/usaid-adapt-asia-pacific
USAID is a programme created from 2011-2017 to help with Asia Pacific adaptation. This resource is truly incredible, since it gathered a lot of information on many relevant topics and tried to integrate knowledge transfer. I checked out some of their links, and they were truly helpful, so give it a read!
USAID Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific | weADAPT
03/01/2018
https://www.recoftc.org
Has anyone heard of RECOFTC? They are an international association that aim to help local communities actively manage their local forests. In many cases, local people may not have all the knowledge needed to achieve the optimal goal of economic and environmental benefits. Associations like RECOFTC can help them understand the ways in which they can use their local resources.
https://www.forestry.org.au/images/Conference%20Proceedings%202017/Session_5/John_Innes_Adaptation%20of%20Asia-Pacific%20Forests%20to%20Climate%20Change.pdf
By UBC’s well known Professor and Dean John Innes, an updated powerpoint with bullet points that show us some current data, where we are at and where we are going. When engaging in forest adaptation, what is our purpose? And how can we help communities achieve a safe CO2 level?
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/rap/files/NRE/Forests_and_climate_change_adaptation_in_Asia.pdf
Short and sweet, an overview of adaptation in Asia, with links to more detailed information and further scholarly readings!
03/01/2018
https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-developing-countries-contributions-0
An interesting site overall which I urge you all to check out, but more so their publication on Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries: Contributions to Reducing Global Emissions, a solution or key step to climate adaptations?
http://www.gwp.org/globalassets/global/gwp-sas_files/apan/emerging-issues-apan_0_0.pdf
Another interesting handbook on climate change adaptation in different Asia-Pacific regions, highlighting forestry practices and CO2 emissions in places that are often hard to access, with different graphs explaining policy breakdowns and assessed hazards and risks.
http://www.unece.lsu.edu/marketing/documents/2013Mar/gme13_07.pdf
Under the guidance of Dr. Tongli Wang and Guangyu Wang, a scholarly article on the Asia-pacific forests and a specific breakdown of different regions, their CO2 emissions and future projections.
03/01/2018
https://asiapacificreport.nz/2017/08/29/pacific-voices-culture-key-to-climate-change-adaptation-say-journalists/
Another side to the Asia-Pacific adaptation issue: how can we engage with political ecology given that we have so many issues to tackle? An interesting read, given that as the article point out, there is little media coverage right now to help report the severity of the cases.
Pacific voices, culture key to climate change adaptation, say journalists | Asia Pacific Report ClimateEditor's PicksEnvironmentMediaPacific ReportNew ZealandPacific VoicesPoliticsTechnologyPacific voices, culture key to climate change adaptation, say journalists By Kendall Hutt - August 29, 2017 0 157 SHARE Facebook Twitter tweet "Tell those stories of hope" ... media and climate change adapt...
02/13/2018
For a lot of Asia-Pacific countries, funding is a big concern since we live in a capitalistic society centred around personal economic gain. Expanding international climate finances may just be the key to becoming one step closer to curbing climate change.
How to expand international climate finance investments This is the 'golden era' of international climate finance. ADB's Nathan Rive shares his advice on how countries can successfully apply for funding to climate-proof themselves for the future.
02/13/2018
How cool is this!? Take a look at the different wreckages across Asia and how they transformed them into artificial reefs!
Artificial Reefs in Asia | Underwater360 BY UW360 POSTED IN Articles, Conservation, Destinations WITH 0 COMMENTS PERMALINK In Asian Diver’s issue “Wrecks of Asia”, we took a look at some of the wrecks that have been turned to reefs around Asia. HTMS Kledkaeo In the Southern Andaman Sea, off the east coast of Thailand’s Koh Phi Phi ...