Nature and Mankind Facing Climate Change One Planet with Many People – What’S the Future? Contributions from Around the World and the International Wilderness Camp
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A brochure series with accompanying materials on development cooperation for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development S MANY FACE S TAINABILITY HA TAINABILITY S SU Nature and Mankind facing Climate Change One planet with many people – what’s the future? Contributions from around the world and the international wilderness camp Completely revised second edition The following brochures have been published in the series “Sustainability Has Many Faces”: 1 Development Needs Diversity 8 Nature and Mankind facing Climate Change People, natural resources and international One planet with many people – what’s the cooperation. Contributions from the countries future? Contributions from around the world of the south. and the international wilderness camp. Editors: Stefanie Eißing and Dr. Thora Amend Completely revised second edition. Languages: German, English, French, Spanish Editors: Barbara Kus, Britta Heine, Andrea Fleischhauer and Judith Jabs 2 Nature Conservation Is Fun Languages: German, English Protected area management and environmental communication. Contributions from Panama. 9 Energy is Life Editors: Dr. Thora Amend and Stefanie Eißing Sustainable development and poverty alleviation Languages: German, Spanish, Mongolian need energy. Contributions from Bolivia. Editors: Jörn Breiholz, Michael Netzhammer 3 Use It or Lose It and Lisa Feldmann Hunter tourism and game breeding for conserva- Language: German tion and development. Contributions from Benin. Editors: Monika Dittrich and Stefanie Eißing 10 A Big Foot on a Small Planet? Languages: German, French Accounting with the Ecological Footprint. Succeeding in a world with growing resource 4 Land Rights Are Human Rights constraints. Win-win strategies for sustainable nature Editors: Dr. Thora Amend, Bree Barbeau, Bert conservation. Contributions from South Africa. Beyers, Susan Burns, Stefanie Eißing, Andrea Editors: Dr. Thora Amend, Petra Ruth, Fleischhauer, Barbara Kus and Pati Poblete Stefanie Eißing and Dr. Stephan Amend Languages: German, English Languages: German, English In preparation 5 Innovative cooking stoves and ancient spirits 11 Mountain Gods and Wild Rice Conserving nature at the interface between Agrobiodiversity as the Basis of Livelihood. energy efficiency and traditional customs. Contributions from China. Contributions from Madagascar. Editors: Jörn Breiholz, Tanja Plötz and Editors: Andrea Fleischhauer, Dr. Thora Amend Dr. Thora Amend and Stefanie Eißing Languages: German, English, Chinese Languages: German, French 6 User Rights for Pastoralists and Fishermen Agreements based on traditional and modern law. Contributions from Mauritania. Editors: Karl P. Kirsch-Jung and Prof. Dr. Winfried von Urff Languages: German, English 7 Who Protects What for Whom? Participation and governance for nature conservation and development. Contributions from the Brazilian Amazon region. Editors: Dr. Thora Amend, Dr. Stephan Amend, Dr. Elke Mannigel and Stefanie Eißing Language: German Nature and Mankind facing Climate Change One planet with many people – what’s the future? Contributions from around the world and the international wilderness camp Completely revised second edition Editors: Barbara Kus, Britta Heine, Andrea Fleischhauer and Judith Jabs Imprint Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de Citation Kus, Barbara; Heine, Britta; Fleischhauer, Andrea; Jabs, Judith (2010): Nature and Mankind facing Climate Change. One planet with many people – what’s the future? Contributions from around the world in the international wilderness camp. Com- pletely revised second edition. In: Sustainability Has Many Faces, N° 8. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn. ISBN 978-3-00-032524-3 Druckerei Wolf, Ingelheim Published: 2010 Original title in German: Natur & Mensch im Klima- wandel. Ein Planet, viele Menschen – Eine Zukunft? Anregungen aus aller Welt im Internationalen Wild- niscamp. Zweite vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. Internet In: Nachhaltigkeit hat viele Gesichter, Nr. 8. Deut- www.gtz.de sche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit www.gtz.de/biodiv (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn. www.gtz.de/klima This publication is a modified translation from the www.conservation-development.net (downloads of German version which was developed for a German all brochures from the series are available) context. Contact at the Ministry for Economic Cooperation Sustainability Has Many Faces and Development: Department 316 Series editors: Dr. Thora Amend & Stefanie Eißing Environment and Sustainable Resource Usage Responsible officer at GTZ Head Office: Dr. Rolf Mack Responsible at GTZ Headquarters (thematic Graphics, CD and internet design: kunse.com information): Programme “Implementing the © GTZ, 2010. All rights reserved. Reproduction for Convention on Biodiversity” non-commercial purposes is permitted provided Attributed contributions do not necessarily the source is named; please send a copy of any represent the opinion of the publisher. reproduction made to: GTZ, attn. Dr. Rolf Mack, Postfach 5180, D-65726 Eschborn, Germany. This brochure is a contribution to Order at: [email protected] the United Nations Decade of Educa- tion for Sustainable Development Published by (2005 – 2014). It supports the goals Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammen- of the National Plan of Action for arbeit (GTZ) GmbH Germany and contributes to the glo- Postfach 5180 bal networking of actors with the aim 65726 Eschborn of achieving the integrative goal of T +49 61 96 79 – 0 / 1317 education for sustainable development. F +49 61 96 79 – 1115 / 6554 E [email protected] / [email protected] This brochure was printed on 100% recycled paper. Acknowledgements Picture credits Special thanks to the Programmes “Implementing Cover page: Magnus Andersen / Norwegian Polar the Biodiversity Convention” and “Climate Protec- Institute, Nguyen Viet Hung, Gerhard Kunsemüller, tion” of GTZ and all the people involved, espe- GTZ Mauretanien; p. 8 Barbara Kus; p. 9 Stefanie cially Stephan and Thora Amend, Stefanie Eissing, Eißing; p. 10 Chi Tran; p. 11 Guenay Ulutuncok; Michael Scholze and Isabel Renner (all of GTZ), as p. 12 Maitté Flores; p. 13 polylooks; p. 14 Barbara well as Katrin Vohland of the Potsdam Institute for Kus; p. 15 ErShan Chen; p. 17 Harald Edling; p. 19 Climate Impact Research (PIK) for their review and & 20 Guenay Ulutuncok; p. 21 Antoine Nagassi; constructive comments; to Peter Höffken for his p. 22 Shutterstock Images / John A. Anderson; text contributions to the first edition of this bro- p. 24 right Christina Erkelenz; p. 24 below Stefanie chure; to Dagmar Lohan, Konrad Uebelhör, Stepan Eißing; p. 24 middle Barbara Kus; p. 25 below Ste- Uncovsky, Anne Katrin Heinrichs, Hermann Fick- fanie Eißing; p. 25 above Barbara Kus; p. 26 & p. 27 inger, Martin Tampe, Harald Lossack, Moussaoui above Guenay Ulutuncok, p. 28 Liesa Johannssen Mohamed and Klaus Schmitt-Corsito (all of GTZ) / photothek.net; p. 30 Martin Starý; p. 32 Barbara for their comments and support, to Reinhard Wolf Kus; p. 33 Stefanie Eissing; p. 34 Harald Edling; (GTZ) and Sandra Fohlmeister (University Munich) p. 44 Birte Peddersen; p. 46 Thora Amend; p. 47 & for explaining specific issues relating to climate p. 49 Stefanie Eißing; p. 52 & p. 53 NP Bavarian change, to Stefanie Jäger, Achim Klein and Lukas Forest / Achim Klein; p. 56 above Christina Frank Laux (Bavarian Forest National Park) for provid- / GTZ, NPBW; p. 56 below Kornelia Danetzki / GTZ; ing information and materials on the International p. 58 both Stefanie Eißing; p. 59 above Verena Wilderness Camp, to the participants of the Go 4 Treber; p. 59 below Barbara Kus; p. 63 left Sotima BioDiv International Youth Summit 2008 for their Constant Berate; p. 63 right Stefanie Eißing; p. 64 enthusiasm, and to all others who supplied mate- Mbolatiana Ranjevasoa; p. 65 Felix Ries; p. 67 above rial, particularly Eva Engler for the portraits of Maitté Flores; p. 68 below Suhel al-Janabi; p. 68 Youth Summit participants and Christiane Weber above Nailza Sousa; p. 68 below Nguyen Viet Hung; of GTZ/AgenZ for providing the climate statements, p. 69 Wolfgang Morbach / GTZ; p. 70 above Tho- Kathrin Meinertz (GTZ) for her support from Viet mas Mueller / GTZ; p. 70 below Bjorn Guterstam Nam, Conservation International for the map of / Environmental Memoirs; p. 73 Britta Heine; p. 76 the global biodiversity hotspots, OroVerde for the Igor Moiseenko; p. 77 left Ruth Carolina Caniullan greenhouse effect drawing, and Andrew Rickard for Huaiquil; p. 77 right Gabriela Gemio; p. 79 left NP the ‘Environmental Memoirs’ CD. Bavarian Forest / Achim Klein; p. 79 right Sotima Constant Berate; p. 80 NP Bavarian Forest / Thomas Michler; p. 81 Saulyegul Avlyush; p. 82 left Aline Nowak; p. 82 right Xiaoji Chen; p. 83 NP Bavarian Forest / Thomas Michler; p. 84 Antoine Nagassi; p. 85 NP Bavarian Forest / Achim Klein; p. 88 Gue- nay Ulutuncok; p. 92 Claudia Altmann / GTZ; p. 94 Marlies Kees / GTZ; p. 96 NP Bavarian Forest / Lukas Laux; p. 98 Ernesto Noriega; p. 100 Ilona Porsché / GTZ; p. 102 Jörg Böthling / GTZ; p. 104 Barbara Kus; p. 106 Fundaciòn Thomas Merle, Ven- ezuela; p. 108 Tatjana Puschkarsky; p. 110 Daniel Werner / GTZ TERNA; p. 112 Barbara Kus 1 2 Contents 1 Introduction and Structure 8 2 Biological diversity: Victim of climate change or part of the solution? 14 Biodiversity is endangered