Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Biodiversity Conservation:A Review

作     者：James E. M. WATSON Madhu RAO KANG Ai-Li XIE Yan 

作者机构：Global Conservation Programs Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx NY 10460 USA School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia Wildlife Conservation Society and Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 Singapore Wildlife Conservation Society China Program Beijing 100101 China Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China 

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：1-11页

学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 09[农学] 

主　　题：climate change adaptation conservation planning species conservation: vulnerabilitv analvsis 

摘      要：Climate change has been linked to well-documented changes in physiology, phenology, species distributions, and in some cases, extinction. Projections of future change point to dramatic shifts in the states of many ecosystems. Aceommodating these shifts to effectively conserve biodiversity in the context of uncertain climate regimes represents one of the most difficult challenges faced by conservation planners. A number of adaptation strategies have been proposed for managing species and ecosystems in a changing climate. However, there has been little guidance available on integrating climate change adaptation strategies into contemporary conservation planning frameworks. The paper reviews the different approaches being used to integrate climate change adaptation into conservation planning, broadly categorizing strategies as continuing and extending on ＂best practice＂ principles and those that integrate species vulnerability assessments into conservation planning. We describe the characteristics of a good adaptation strategy emphasizing the importance of incorporating clear principles of flexibility and efficiency, accounting for uncertainty, integrating human response to climate change and understanding trade-offs.