Indonesia is known for its richness of biodiversity and high endemism offlora and fauna, attributed to its archipelagic geographical condition andthe vast arrays of forest area. With more than 17, 000 islands, Indonesia isthe largest archipelagic country in the world. Unfortunately, because ofthe high rate of deforestation, peat land degradation and forest fires, thiscountry is one of the highest greenhouse gas emitters in the world.Similar problems are also seen in the other Southeast Asian countries.Climate change has now become a common global concern and isaccounted to be one of the key developmental issues in many of thedeveloping countries in the tropics. Global climate change might affectthe biodiversity, but conversely preserving biodiversity may reduce theongoing process of climate change. This German Alumni SummerSchool was aimed at addressing the issues concerning the impacts ofclimate change on the biodiversity in Southeast Asia and examining thepotential strategies for its mitigation.
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1Table of contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TARGET GROUPS
- FOREWORD
- Contributors
- The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Birds of Indonesia
- The Effect of Forest Fire on Fern Species Abundance and Diversity in Burned and Unburned Areas of Klias Peat Swamp Forest (KPSF),Sabah-Malaysia
- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ONAGRICULTURE, POULTRY PRODUCTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS
- CLIMATE CHANGE, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND GERMANALUMNI NETWORKING IN THE DEVELOPING TROPICS