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Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
2009
Developed by the National Academies of Sciences, this site links to the 28 page companion illustrated booklet of the full report from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change.
Related Organizations: National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Author or Affiliated User: Javier Saborio
Resource Category: Education and Outreach
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Rocky Mountain Research Station 2009 Climate Change Research Strategy
2009
Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) scientists are studying climate as it influences plants, animals, ecosystems, disturbance patterns, and social and economic systems. This research supports land management and planning needs for addressing climate change. The purpose of this document is to provide RMRS employees, partners, and clients with a sense of the Station’s niche, capabilities, and role in climate change research and science delivery.
Related Organizations: USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
Resource Category: Planning
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A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Biodiversity in New Mexico
December 4, 2008
The New Mexico Climate Change Adaptation Project of the Nature Conservancy produced this vulnerability assessment in two parts: Part I - "Implications of Recent Climate Change on Conservation Priorities in New Mexico" and Part II - "Conservation Implications of Emerging Moisture Stress due to Recent Climate Changes in New Mexico." Part one is a state-wide assessment of the climate change vulnerability of priority habitats and wildlife species.
Related Organizations: University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Carolyn A. F. Enquist, David F. Gori
Resource Category: Assessments
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Strategies for Managing the Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife and Ecosystems
November 4, 2008
Published by the Heinz Center, this report provides a review of scientific literature on climate change adaptation as it relates to biodiversity conservation and wildlife management, and assesses climate change adaptation plans developed in the U.S.A., Canada, England, México, and South Africa.
Related Organizations: The Heinz Center
Resource Category: Solutions
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A Review of Climate-Change Adaptation Strategies for Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation
March 4, 2009
This report describes observed and potential effects of global climate change on species and ecosystems. It reviews climate change adaptation plans and other planning approaches from the United States, Canada, England, Mexico, and South Africa. The report also includes sixteen possible adaptation strategies, all proposed in scientific literature and public policy documents, that directly address the conservation of biological diversity. These strategies are grouped into four broad categories: land and water protection and management, direct species management, monitoring and planning, and law and policy.
Related Organizations: The Heinz Center
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jonathan R. Mawdsley, Robin O'Malley, Dennis S. Ojima
Resource Category: Solutions
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Climate Change and Potential Impacts to Wildlife in Tennessee
2009
Congress charged each state and territory with developing a wildlife action plan in order to receive funds through the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program and the State Wildlife Grants Program. These proactive plans, known also as “Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies,” assess the health of each state’s wildlife and habitats, identify the problems they face, and outline the actions that are needed to conserve them over the long term.
Related Organizations: Tennessee Wildife Resources Agency
Resource Category: Planning
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USFS Climate Change Response Framework
2009
The Climate Change Response Framework (CCRF) was established in 2009 led by the U. S. Forest Service (USFS)’s Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science. The Framework is intended to help forest and natural resource managers and landowners integrate climate change into natural resource management by utilizing climate science with the on-the-ground management of climate impacts. The six established projects of the Framework cover 19 states and span 14 national forests. The “ecoregions" encompassed include the Central Appalachians, Central Hardwoods, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwoods, and Urban.
Related Organizations: Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Resource Category: Solutions
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Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 4.2: Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems
January 2009
This report is one in a series of 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAPs) produced between 2004 and 2009 by the U. S. Climate Change Science Program, aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science in the U. S. to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. This SAP reviews threshold changes in North American ecosystems that are potentially induced by climate change and addresses the significant challenges these threshold crossings impose on resource and land managers.
Related Organizations: U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Daniel B. Fagre, Collen W. Charles, Craig D. Allen, Charles Birkeland, Stuart F. Chapin III, Peter M. Groffman, David A. McGuire, Patrick J. Mulholland, Debra P.C. Peters, Daniel D. Roby
Resource Category: Assessments
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Conservation and Management of Ecological Systems in a Changing California
November 2008
Developed by the Public Policy Institute of California as part of the Preparing California for a Changing Climate project, this report addresses conservation and resource management challenges, given current regulatory and governance structures, for protecting biodiversity in the face of climate change. The focus is on land-based conservation of natural habitat near developing urban areas and in more remote forested areas.
Related Organizations: Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Elisa Barbour, Lara Kueppers
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Analysis of Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife Habitat in the U.S.
October 31, 2008
This report, from the Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP) and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, was created as guidance for state agencies to effectively factor climate change into their State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs). The primary objective of this project was to develop methods and analyses to provide to state wildlife agencies with information on the magnitude of projected impacts of climate change on terrestrial wildlife habitats and viable options for minimizing those impacts.
Related Organizations: USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
Authors or Affiliated Users: Marni Koopman, Linda A. Joyce, Curtis H. Flather
Resource Category: Assessments
