Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Overview -- Ecosystem-Based Mitigation -- Ecosystem-Based Adaptation -- CHAPTER 1: The World Bank and Biodiversity Conservation: A Contribution to Action for Climate Change -- Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems and Biodiversity -- Impacts on Human Communities and Livelihoods -- Why Protecting Ecosystems and Biodiversity Matters in a Changing World -- CHAPTER 2: Natural Ecosystems and Mitigation -- Securing Carbon Stores through Protection and Restoration of Natural Ecosystems -- Protected Areas: A Convenient Solution to Protect Carbon Sinks and Ecosystem Services -- Coastal and Marine Systems as Carbon Reservoirs -- Investing in Alternative Energy -- CHAPTER 3: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Reducing Vulnerability -- Conserving Biodiversity under Climate Change -- Maintaining and Restoring Natural Ecosystems -- Reducing Vulnerability -- Adopting Indigenous Knowledge to Adapt to Climate Change -- Adaptation in Coastal Areas -- Marine Protected Areas -- Investing in Ecosystems versus Infrastructure -- CHAPTER 4: Biodiversity Conservation and Food, Water, and Livelihood Security: Emerging Issues -- Agriculture and Biodiversity -- Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture -- Sustainable Land Management -- Managing Invasive Alien Species -- Protecting Natural Ecosystems for Water Services -- Natural Water Towers -- CHAPTER 5: Implementing Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Change -- Looking Forward: The Strategic Framework for Climate Change and Development -- Growing Forest Partnerships -- Developing Financing Mechanisms to Support Ecosystem-Based Approaches -- Climate Investment Funds -- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation -- Forest Funds -- Appendix: Securing Carbon Finance at the World Bank: Minimum Project Requirements.

References -- Index -- Back cover.