This chapter includes the following sections: the risks analysis of geophysical hazards and climate change in the Mekong uplands, accelerated risks and socially constructed vulnerabilities; the value and challenges in a rights-based apprach; the risks-rights nexus towards integrating rights for l...
Xu, Jianchu
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Daniel, R.
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[Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong]
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Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong
This chapter looks at the implications of climate change in the Asian highlands and growing socio-economic pressures on resources that, in combination, are set to pose far-reaching impacts for the diverse ecosystems and societies in the Mekong region. This chapter argues for more inclusive goerna...
Xu, Jianchu
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[Climate change in the Asian highlands: socio-economic implications for the Mekong Region]
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Climate change in the Asian highlands: socio-economic implications for the Mekong Region
Xu, Jianchu
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[The impact of climate change on water resources and local livelihood in the Asian highlands]
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The impact of climate change on water resources and local livelihood in the Asian highlands
Climate change has affected the rates of chilling and heat accumulation, which are vital for flowering and production, in temperate fruit trees, but few studies have been conducted in the cold-winter climates of East Asia. To evaluate tree responses to variation in chill and heat accumulation rat...
Guo L
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Dai, J.
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Ranjitkar S
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Yu H
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Xu, Jianchu
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Chilling and heat requirements for flowering in temperate fruit trees]
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Chilling and heat requirements for flowering in temperate fruit trees
Shortening of the growing season despite a longer thermally favorable period implies that vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau is unable to exploit additional thermal resources availed by climate change. Ecosystem composition may no longer be well attuned to the local temperature regime, which has c...
Yu H
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Xu, Jianchu
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Okuto E
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Seasonal response of grasslands to climate change on the Tibetan plateau]
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Seasonal response of grasslands to climate change on the Tibetan plateau
This paper develops three scenarios for the management of an existing, low productivity, collective forest plot in Southwest China: continuation of the status quo, transition to sustainable forest management (SFM), and conversion to a short rotation species for producing biomass for electricity g...
Kahrl F
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Su Y
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Xu, Jianchu
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Yan M
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[Incentives for carbon sequestration and energy production in low productivity collective forests in Southwest China]
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Incentives for carbon sequestration and energy production in low productivity collective forests in Southwest China
Southwest China s Yunnan province has been affected throughout history by climate-induced water stresses, with the 2009 drought as a recent example. To deal with such stresses, mountain farmers have developed many local coping strategies. This paper provides case studies of these coping mechanism...
Su Y
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Xu, Jianchu
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Lu J
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Li Q
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Fu Y
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Ma X
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Grumbine, R. Edward
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[Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China]
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Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China
China s forest bioenergy policies are evolving against the backdrop of pressing national energy challenges similar to those faced by OECD countries, and chronic rural energy challenges more characteristic of developing countries. Modern forest bioenergy could contribute to solutions to both of th...
Kahrl F
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Su Y
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Yang Y
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Xu, Jianchu
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[Large or small? Rethinking China s forest bioenergy policies]
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Large or small? Rethinking China s forest bioenergy policies
Over the past several decades, DPR Korea has suffered from extensive land degradation leading to the loss of livelihoods causing increased food insecurity. To restore degraded sloping land, the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection of DPR of Korea (MoLEP), the Swiss Agency for Development...
Climate change has affected the phenology of plants and animals throughout the world, but few studies have evaluated climate responses of fruit trees in East Asia. In particular, the response of tree phenology to warming during different parts of the year has not been explored. We evaluated long-...
Guo L
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Dai, J.
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Ranjitkar S
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Xu, Jianchu
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Response of chestnut phenology in China to climate variation and change]
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Response of chestnut phenology in China to climate variation and change