CHAPTER 14: Latin America

MATA LUIS JOSE; CAMPOS MAX; BASSO E; COMPAGNUCCI R; FEARNSIDE P; MARGIN G; MARENGO JOSÉ; A R MORENO; A SUAREZ ; SILVINA A SOLMAN; VILLAMIZAR A; VILLERS L

CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION, AND VULNERABILITY Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2001; p. 693 - 734

The Latin America region is remarkably heterogeneous in terms of climate, ecosystems, human population distribution, and cultural traditions. Land-use changes have become a major force driving ecosystem changes. Complex climatic patterns, which result in part from interactions of atmospheric flow with topography, intermingled with land-use and land-cover change, make it difficult to identify common patterns of vulnerability to climate change in the region. Water resources, ecosystems, agriculture and plantation forestry, sea-level rise, and human health may be considered the most important among the various sectors that may be impacted by climate change.