Essays about: "ecuador forest"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words ecuador forest.

  1. 1. A detailed study on Amazon Forest structure and mortality rates through LPJ-GUESS vegetation model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sara Mazzuoli; [2021]
    Keywords : Amazon s Forest; LPJ-GUESS; simulation; TEAM-NETWORK; dynamic vegetation model; observation; mortality; allometry; tree stand structure; biomass; cohort; PFTs; plant functional types; NPP; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Nowadays it has become relevant for scientists to understand the impact of tropical forest structure on the Global Carbon Cycle. Dynamic vegetation models have been developed to pursue this issue, specifically by improving algorithms that could analyze the allometry, biomass content and mortality rate of each singular simulated plant individual and how this responds to climate change, management and rising CO2 concentrations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Local perceptions of changes in ecosystem services and climate : case study in Ecuadorean Sierra

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Anna Sundqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services and goods; climate change;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic-induced land-use and land-cover change is a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and contribute to global climate warming. Forests are essential in the climate system and store a large part of the global carbon. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Implications of Local Governance for REDD+: A Case Study From the Ecuadorian Amazon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Anthony Collen; [2011]
    Keywords : REDD ; Governance; Communities; Institutions; Safeguards; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Recognising the critical role of forests in addressing Climate Change, a proposal being negotiated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” mechanism, or REDD+. REDD+ aims to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by providing economic incentives to developing countries and local forest inhabitants to conserve, manage or enhance their forests. READ MORE

  5. 4. Varying levels of susceptibility to late blight in Ecuador : relation between resistance and the need for fungicide application

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

    Author : Jenny Knutsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Phytophthora infestans; potato; computer simulation; simulation model;

    Abstract : Potato late blight is a devastating disease in potato production all over the world and constitutes the major biological yield limiting factor in Ecuador. The disease is generally controlled chemically and a large proportion of the total potato production cost in Ecuador is due to fungicides. Potato late blight is also controlled by disease escape. READ MORE

  6. 5. The grieving forest; the social-environmental degradation in Amazonian Rainforest

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Maria Fernandez; Sebastian José Caballero; [2008]
    Keywords : Amazonian; actors; social and environmental problems;

    Abstract : The Amazonia is the biggest rainforest in the world, home also to probably the largest amount of different bio diversity species in our planet. Notwithstanding these incredible attributes, it is also one of the most threatened regions earth that extends to the whole planet. READ MORE