This session explores biodiversity’s insurance effect—its role in stabilizing ecosystems amid climate stress. Focusing on the Amazon, it highlights how species and functional diversity enhance resilience, regulate carbon and water cycles, and support recovery, emphasizing biodiversity conservation as a strategic foundation for planetary stability and climate adaptation.
Leading Institute
Speakers
Mercedes Bustamante (University of Brasilia), PhD
Ludmilla Rattis (Woodwell Climate Research Center / IPAM Amazônia), PhD
Hans ter Steege (Naturalis Biodiversity Center / Wageningen University), PhD
Moderator
Mauricio Voivodic (WWF Brazil)