New concepts, models, and assessments of climate-wise connectivity

Keeley, Annika T. H.; Ackerly, David D.; Cameron, D. Richard; Heller, Nicole E.; Huber, Patrick R.; Schloss, Carrie A.; Thorne, James H.; Merenlender, Adina M.

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aacb85

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“…"Renovation" has been proposed as an alternate term (20), to distinguish this process from seeking to restore a former state, which may no longer be possible with climate change. Increasing habitat patch size can support more-resilient populations (26), and increasing habitat connectivity (27) enables some species to track changing climatic conditions in fragmented landscapes. Direct interventions range from targeted management of vulnerable species (28) and species translocation (29,30) to manipulating habitats, e.g., by shading watercourses with trees to reduce water temperatures (31,32).…”

Section: What Constitutes Success In Climate Change Adaptation and MImentioning

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Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

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Natural and seminatural ecosystems must be at the forefront of efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In the urgency of current circumstances, ecosystem restoration represents a range of available, efficient, and effective solutions to cut net greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Although mitigation success can be measured by monitoring changing fluxes of greenhouse gases, adaptation is more complicated to measure, and reductions in a wide range of risks for biodiversity and people must be evaluated. Progress has been made in the monitoring and evaluation of adaptation and mitigation measures, but more emphasis on testing the effectiveness of proposed strategies is necessary. It is essential to take an integrated view of mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, and the needs of people, to realize potential synergies and avoid conflict between different objectives.

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Section: What Constitutes Success In Climate Change Adaptation and MImentioning

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Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

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Duffield

Harley³

et al. 2019

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“…These types of projections can predict large latitudinal shifts (Dobrowski and Parks ), and can be a factor in considerations of landscape connectivity (Keeley et al . ). However, resource managers often must address more localized challenges, and they need information that provides context for a portfolio of climate‐change adaptation strategies and actions, for lands they manage at local to watershed‐scale extents.…”

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Vegetation refugia can inform climate‐adaptive land management under global warming

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Gogol-Prokurat

Hill

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Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Natural resource managers need information about the risks associated with climate change to provide guidance on where to implement various management practices on natural lands. The spatial variation of projected impacts within a vegetation type can be used to target climate-adaptive management actions because different locations will be exposed to different levels of climatic stress. Vegetation refugia are areas that retain non-stressful climate conditions under future climates. Consensus vegetation refugia -areas retaining suitable climates under both wetter and drier future projections -represent only 14.6% of California's natural vegetation. One state and one federal government agency have incorporated vegetation refugia maps into conservation planning for 522 vertebrate species and for post-wildfire reforestation. Monitoring how vegetation responds to management actions at sites within vegetation refugia can improve the conservation of plants subjected to a changing climate.

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“…Scientists have developed a myriad of approaches to planning and prioritizing corridors (Rudnick et al 2012, Keeley et al 2018a. Implementation of a CCP does not depend on the specific scientific approach, as long as the approach is transparent and repeatable.…”

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Thirty years of connectivity conservation planning: an assessment of factors influencing plan implementation

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Beier

Creech

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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Connectivity conservation is an emergent approach to counteracting landscape fragmentation and enhancing resilience to climate change at local, national, and global scales. While policy that promotes connectivity is advancing, there has been no systematic, evidence-based study that assesses whether connectivity conservation plans (CCPs) resulted in conservation outcomes, and identifies specific plan attributes that may favor successful implementation. To fill this gap, we gathered 263 terrestrial CCPs from around the world, characterized attributes of 109 plans by surveying plan authors, and conducted semistructured interviews with authors and implementers of 77 CCPs. The production of CCPs started around 1990 and has increased markedly in all parts of the world, most notably in the United States (led by NGOs and a few states, with little federal involvement), Europe (led by the EU and national policies and implemented at local levels), and the Republic of South Africa (where national legislation mandates each municipality to map corridors and zone all land by 2020). All of the 109 plans that we examined in detail were followed by implementation actions such as crossing structures, ecological restoration, land purchases or easements, recognition of corridors through zoning or government designation, and public engagement. Interviewees emphasized the importance of initial buy-in from key government stakeholders, stakeholder involvement beyond initial buy-in, minimizing staff turnover, and transparent and repeatable procedures. Our quantitative and qualitative analyses similarly suggested that implementation of a CCP was enhanced by enduring partnerships among stakeholders, continuity of leadership, specific recommendations in the CCP using tools appropriately selected from a large toolbox, the existence of enabling legislation and policy, a transparent and repeatable scientific approach, adequate funding, and public outreach.

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New concepts, models, and assessments of climate-wise connectivity

Cited by 96 publications

References 132 publications

Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems

Vegetation refugia can inform climate‐adaptive land management under global warming

Thirty years of connectivity conservation planning: an assessment of factors influencing plan implementation

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