1st Edition
Climate Change and Ecosystems Challenges to Sustainable Development
The global population is projected to increase by 3.3 billion from 6.7 billion in 2008 to 10 billion in 2100. As a result, soil degradation and desertification are growing due to the increasing demand for food, feed, fiber, and fuel on finite soil resources. The problem of global food insecurity may be further worsened by the threat of global warming. Climate change is showing its impacts in terms of increasing temperatures, variable rainfall, and an increase in climate-related extremes such as floods, droughts, cyclones, sea-level rise, salinity, and soil erosion. The agriculture sector is the most sensitive to climate change because the climate of a region/country determines the nature and characteristics of vegetation and crops. Increase in the mean seasonal temperature and decrease in effective precipitation can reduce the duration of many crops, may lead to outbreaks of pests and diseases, and hence reduce final yield ultimately affecting the food security of the country. Despite the positive impact of CO2 fertilization, the net productivity may decrease because of an increase in respiration rate, drought stress, and nutrient deficiency. For example, for every 75 ppm increase in CO2 concentration, rice yields will increase by 0.5 t/ha, but the yield will decrease by 0.6 t/ha for every 1°C increase in temperature. The global agricultural productivity is expected to decrease from 3% to 16% by 2080. The estimated decrease in agricultural productivity in the developing countries is 10%–25% in the 2080s, where average air temperature is already near or above crop tolerance levels. This book is intended to serve as a stimulating collection that will contribute to debate and reflection on the sustainable future of agriculture and food production in the face of global change.
Features:
- This book brings together a multidimensional group of international scholars exploring the ethical dimensions of climate change and ecosystem.
- New strategies have been pointed out in this book for better sustainable development.
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This book has been designed to provide a good overview of major challenges facing policymakers, researchers, and ultimately humankind in dealing with climate change.
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This book summarizes the diverse features of vulnerability, adaptation, and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil, and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector, and, ultimately, food security for the future.
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This book provides a state-of-the-art description of the physiological, biochemical, and molecular status of the understanding of abiotic stress in plants.
Chapter 1. Microbial Flora of Marble Waste Polluted Environment in the Phylogenetic Perspectives
Zeeshan Ahmad & Shujaul Mulk Khan
Chapter 2. Interaction of Environment and Entomology
Nazish Huma Khan, Tooba Saeed, Muhammad Ilyas
Chapter 3. Climate Change, Insects and Global Food Production
Rida Akram, Khizer Amanet, Javed Iqbal, Maham Fatima, Muhammad Mubeen, Ashfaq Ahmad, Hafiz Umar Farid, Sajjad Hussain, Musaddiq Ali, Ayman El Sabagh, Shah Fahad, Wajid Nasim
Chapter 4. Extreme High Temperature and Plant Life
Muhammad Arif, Talha Jan, Muhammad Riaz, Fazal Munsif, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Bibi Haleema, Fazal Munsif, Sajjad Zaheer, Fazal Jalal, Amanullah, Kawsar Ali, Fahd Rasul, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Bushra Khan
Chapter 5. Molecular and Physiological Mechanism of Native Plants to Combat Drought Stress Under Changing Climatic Conditions
Hasnain Alam, Muhammad Zamin, Muhammad Adnan, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Arif, Amanullah, Sahar Mumtaz, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Rafiullah, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Abdul Saboor Khan,
Chapter 6: Climate Change Oriented Elevated Carbon Dioxide: Implications on Plant Physiology and Global Food Security
Hamayun Shaheen and Anila Ulfat
Chapter 7. Effect of Environmental Pollution on Plant Growth
Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Imran, Hamdan Ali Khan, Muhammad Arif, Abdel Rahman Altawaha, Muhammad Adnan, Shah Fahad, Azizullah Shah, Brajendra Parmar, Sahar Mumtaz, Hamida Bibi, Nadia, Gohar Ayub, Muhammad Sajid
Chapter 8. Phyto-Ecological Studies of Genus Phoenix (Linn.), (Dates palms) from Various Zones of Pakistan
Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Zahoor ul Haq and Saifullah
Chapter 9. Soil Biodiversity in Changing Climate
Ahmed Ragab Henawy and Asmaa A. Halema
Chapter 10. Biochar Magic Against of Abiotic Stresses
Mona H. Soliman, Haifa Abdulaziz S. Alhaithloul, Hossam Eldean A. Awad, Munazzam Jawad Shahid, Shafaqat Ali, Amr A. El Kelish
Chapter 11. Biomolecular Intervention in Understanding Plant Adaptation to Climate Change
Muhammad Ilyas, Tariq Mahmood, Amjad-ur-Rahman, Fazli Wahid, Nazish Huma Khan, Muhammad Irfan
Chapter 12. Halophytes Diversity as an Indicator to Saline Environment in Pakistan
Moona Nazish, Muhammad Zafar, Mushtaq Ahmad and Shazia Sultana
Chapter 13. Bacterial Contamination in Food Chain; Sources, Impact and Control
Muhammad Shahid, Mohsin Khurshid, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Sana Malik, Irfan Manzoor, Sher Muhammad
Chapter 14. Molecular and Ecological Mechanisms of Grasshopper Food Selection and Habitat Adaptation
Xinghu Qin, Huihui Wu, Weizhong Zhang, Xunbing Huang, Zehua Zhang
Chapter 15. Climate Change: A Global Perspective
Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Muhammad Arif, Abdur Rehman Altawaha, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan
Chapter 16. Pollinators Ecology and Management
Abdel Rahman Mohammad Tawaha, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Hristo Valchev, Marian Hýbl, Petr Mráz, Denisa Kovářová, Mohamed Shebl Abd Elfattah, Laila Trioui, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Ali M.Qaisi, Amanullah, Imran, Abdur Rauf, Shah Khalid,Shah Fahad
Biography
Shah Fahad, Lixiao Nie
