Climate Change Adaptation for People and Nature:A Case Study from the ***

作     者：Patrick D.MCCARTHY 

作者机构：The Nature ConservancySanta Fe 87501U.S. 

出 版 物：《Advances in Climate Change Research》 (气候变化研究进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第3卷第1期

页      面：22-37页

学科分类：083001[工学-环境科学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：The author thanks C. Allen  J. Barsugli  A. Bradley  A. Chen  M. Cross  J. Degiorgio  C. Enquist  G. Garfin  E. Girvetz  D. Gori  L. Mearns  B. Neely  M. Robles  E. Smith  T. Sullivan  A. Thomas and the 190 scientists and natural resource managers who participated in the SWCCI adaptation workshops 

主　　题：climate change adaptation ecosystem-based adaptation ecological thresholds learning networks 

摘      要：In the ***,global climate change,acting in concert with extant stressors such as urbanization and over-allocation of water resources,is changing ecosystems in measureable and sometimes dramatic ***-first century projections indicate accelerating climate change and cascading ecological *** observed to date include large-scale forest dieback,large and severe wildfires,and changes in the flow regimes of rivers and streams with attendant changes to riparian and aquatic *** temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are pushing ecosystems across physiological and ecological thresholds,causing widespread mortality and,in some cases,major changes in composition,structure and *** changes have prompted action by the conservation community to reduce the adverse effects of climate *** Southwest Climate Change Initiative(SWCCI),a project led by The Nature Conservancy,works with local stakeholders in affected landscapes,reduces adverse impacts on ecological and social systems using scientific knowledge and practical *** Initiative has learned through practical experience that: 1) managers must embrace change and manage for resilience rather than resistance;2) strong local science-management partnerships are critical to effective adaptation planning and implementation;3) planners and managers must broaden the scope and accelerate the pace of conservation activities if ecosystem services are to be sustained;4) adaptation often does not require radically new or different management practices,rather,conservationists already have many of the tools they need;and 5) rapid documentation and widespread communication of methods and findings can build rapidly regional capacity for climate change *** experience suggests that adaptation efforts can be effective if they are focused at the local scale;employ learning networks;and engage in ecosystem-based adaptation:the sustainable management,conservation