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Chapter 15
Conclusions
H. Balzter
The contributions presented in this book have highlighted a multitude of processes
leading to environmental change in Siberia. Many different ecosystem types, regions,
species, biogeochemical cycles and administrative districts are subjected to various
types of change.
Many of the findings presented in this book have relied on satellite-derived data
to give new insights into large-scale changes. Other chapters utilise complex
dynamic vegetation models to make predictions of what the future might hold.
Many chapters would not have been possible without access to invaluable field data
and forest survey information. One interesting observation I wish to make is that
only by a combined analysis of field observation, model results and satellite imag-
ery is it possible to gain a holistic view of the multiple scales at which environmen-
tal change processes operate today.
Siberia will remain getting public attention by the global change community
over the next decades in anticipation that some major changes are likely to be
observed here. Let us hope that Siberia is not heading for an environmental catas-
trophe and global climate mitigation efforts will come to fruition in time to put the
brakes on climate change.
H. Balzter (
*
)
Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Geography,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, UK
e-mail: hb91@le.ac.uk
H. Balzter (ed.),
Environmental Change in Siberia: Earth Observation,
Field Studies and Modelling
, Advances in Global Change Research 40,
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8641-9_15, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
253
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Conclusions
H. Balzter
The contributions presented in this book have highlighted a multitude of processes
leading to environmental change in Siberia. Many different ecosystem types, regions,
species, biogeochemical cycles and administrative districts are subjected to various
types of change.
Many of the findings presented in this book have relied on satellite-derived data
to give new insights into large-scale changes. Other chapters utilise complex
dynamic vegetation models to make predictions of what the future might hold.
Many chapters would not have been possible without access to invaluable field data
and forest survey information. One interesting observation I wish to make is that
only by a combined analysis of field observation, model results and satellite imag-
ery is it possible to gain a holistic view of the multiple scales at which environmen-
tal change processes operate today.
Siberia will remain getting public attention by the global change community
over the next decades in anticipation that some major changes are likely to be
observed here. Let us hope that Siberia is not heading for an environmental catas-
trophe and global climate mitigation efforts will come to fruition in time to put the
brakes on climate change.
H. Balzter (
*
)
Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Geography,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, UK
e-mail: hb91@le.ac.uk
H. Balzter (ed.),
Environmental Change in Siberia: Earth Observation,
Field Studies and Modelling
, Advances in Global Change Research 40,
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8641-9_15, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
253