The purpose of this document is to encourage and facilitate Hawaiʻi government agencies, policy makers, businesses, and community partners to plan ahead for the impacts of climate change.
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November 30, 2009Management Plan
Assisted migration is a contentious issue that places different conservation objectives at odds with one another. This element of debate, together with the growing risk of biodiversity loss under...
March 26, 2007Article
Unlike the issue of climate change mitigation, discussions about climate adaptation are still in their infancy in most national policy debates. The most popular approach has been to mainstream...
May 01, 2011Book
The estimated 500 million people who depend on coral reefs worldwide regularly contend with change. Whether it is the shifting demands of a global marketplace, political upheaval at the national...
June 30, 2010Book
This article presents a systematic framework to identify barriers that may impede the process of adaptation to climate change. The framework targets the process of planned adaptation and focuses...
December 21, 2010Article
This article reviews the channels through which sea level rise can affect economic growth, namely the loss of land, the loss of infrastructure and physical capital, the loss of social ...
January 17, 2011Article
Climate change and desertification/land degradation can adversely affect natural resources and ecosystems thus decreasing biological diversity. At the same time, conservation and management of...
Whitepaper/ Report- (1 vote)
Presenting the findings of a recent literature review on climate change adaptation for wildlife and natural resources. To put the issue into context, she will also highlight results of NWF's...
May 13, 2009Professional Presentation 
Natural resource managers and conservationists are coming to grips with the fact that rapid global warming and associated climate changes are already having a considerable impact on the world’s...
March 12, 2009Whitepaper/ Report
The application of ecosystem-based management (EBM) in marine environments has been widely supported by scientists, managers, and policy makers, yet implementation of this approach is difficult...
Article
The scientific literature contains numerous descriptions of observed and potential effects of global climate change on species and ecosystems. In response to anticipated effects of climate change...
June 22, 2009Article
The forests of the Northeast U.S. will be significantly affected by climate change, but they also play a role in mitigating climate change by sequestering CO2. Forest management...
April 15, 2009Article
This media broadcast, which aired on NPR on April 25, 2011, reports on how The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is implementing adaptation strategies to deal with critical rising sea...
April 25, 2011Audio
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In the past few years there has been a remarkable increase in the level of awareness of climate change worldwide. Concerns about causes and...
October 10, 2007Whitepaper/ Report
We develop and apply a systematic mixed-methods literature review methodology to identify and characterize how climate change adaptation is taking place in developed nations. We find limited...
March 05, 2011Article
Jennie gives a VERY general overview of some principles for communicating about climate change, drawing heavily from the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions' 2010...
October 23, 2010Professional Presentation
Together, the cities, counties and special districts of the San Francisco Bay Area are committed to increasing the disaster resistance of the infrastructure, health, housing, economy, government...
January 01, 2010Management Plan
From the CAKE Workshop at the Wildlife Society's Annual Meeting, this document provides information about databasin.org a site dedicated to solving the problem of conservation decisions...
October 02, 2010PrimerNatural resource managers are seeking tools to help them address current and future effects of climate change. We present a model for collaborative planning aimed at identifying ways to adapt...
June 12, 2012Article
This paper explains how climate change may increase future migration, and which risks are associated with such migration. It also examines how some of this migration may enhance the capacity of...
April 01, 2010Whitepaper/ Report
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