Climate Change-Resilient Agriculture and Agroforestry

This book collects wide-ranging contributions such as case studies reviews reports on technological developments outputs of research/studies and examples of successful projects presenting current knowledge and raising awareness to help the agriculture and forestry sectors find solutions for mitigating climate variability and adapting to change. It brings the topic of ecosystem services closer to education and learning as targeted by the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. Climate change and its impacts on agriculture and agroforestry have been observed across the world during the last 50 years. Increasing temperatures droughts biotic stresses and the impacts of extreme events have continuously decreased agroforestry systems’ resilience to the effects of climate change. As such there is a need to adapt farming and agroforestry systems so as to make them better ableto handle ever-changing climate conditions and to preserve habitats and ecosystems services.