The Potential Role of Biodiversity Conservation in Climate Change Mitigation: A Review

Tefera Jegora

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The Potential Role of Biodiversity Conservation in Climate Change Mitigation: A Review

Tefera Jegora

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 11, Issue 2)

Received: 17 February 2022 Accepted: 10 March 2022 Published: 8 April 2022

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This review paper aims to compile relevant information on the potential of biodiversity conservation in climate change mitigation. The global climate change is the result of the concentration of greenhouse gases: dominantly of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emitted into the atmosphere. The root causes for these emissions are the natural phenomenon and human-induced activity in which high pressure poses on the environment from human-driven. Evidence from previous study indicates that biodiversity components are widely influenced under climate change and at the same time, the conservation of biodiversity potentially mitigates the effect of the global climate change. As a result, there is a beneficial and adverse effect type of co-existence of two ecological components (i.e. the living and non-living) in this interaction. Biodiversity has the potential to mitigate climate change as they reduce and stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Thus, in such mitigation process, Forestry and Agricultural practices contribute a lion's share based on their potential to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere, reduce deforestation and biodiversity degradation, and provide bio-energy products that substitute for fossil energy. Therefore, the global community should be needed to done in collaboration on biodiversity conservation to improve climate change mitigation potential of biological diversity.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 11, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajep.20221102.11
Page(s)	14-18
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Biodiversity, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas

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