The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
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Case Study
Sector Addressed:
Aquaculture
Summary:
In response to persistently low shellfish harvests from 2005-2008, the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association (PCSGA) proposed the “Oyster Emergency Project,” a collaboration between regional shellfish growers, NOAA, Oregon State University, and The Nature Conservancy.
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Case Study
Sector Addressed:
Conservation / Restoration
Fisheries
Research
Tourism / Recreation
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy, along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, initiated the Florida Reef Resilience Program (FRRP) in 2004 to study the health of the Florida Reef tract from the Dry Tortugas to Port St. Lucie.
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Case Study
Sector Addressed:
Conservation / Restoration
Fisheries
Forestry
Wildlife
Summary:
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) is using the results of a habitat vulnerability assessment to create and implement climate-smart adaptation strategies in management, acquisition, research, and monitoring activities. This project used an expert panel to identify and rank the vulnerabilities of 20 key habitat types to projected climate change impacts.
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Case Study
Sector Addressed:
Conservation / Restoration
Summary:
The Mesoamerican Reef is the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. The reef sustains over two million people living in the region, which spans the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula through Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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Case Study
Sector Addressed:
Conservation / Restoration
Forestry
Land Use Planning
Tourism / Recreation
Water Resources
Wildlife
Summary:
The Jemez Mountain Climate Change Adaptation Workshop brought together over 50 managers, conservation practitioners, scientists, and others working in the Jemez region to:
Develop climate change scenarios for Tillamook Basin relevant to estuaryrestoration; restore tidal wetlands on the Oregon Coast incorporating climate change into restorationplans; and assess transportation infrastructure under future climate change scenarios.
This project builds on ongoing multi-partner NGO, private landowner, and public agency conservationefforts to enable and test on-the-ground restoration efforts to maintain scale, connectivity, resiliency, andadaptive capacity of Central Appalachian red spruce/northern hardwoods habitats.
We are implementing new forest management prescriptions across 2,000 acres (12 sites) designed to favor combinations of native tree species anticipated to persist under warmer, drier conditions. Prescriptions are based on published Landis model results and current and future range maps for trees and song birds.
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Case Study
Summary:
The Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea MPA network was created in order to (1) conserve marine biodiversity and natural resources of Kimbe Bay in perpetuity, and (2) address local marine resource management needs. The natural resources in the region are at risk from overfishing, pollution, sedimentation, and climate-driven changes such as coral bleaching and sea level rise.
The Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia are located within the Coral Triangle, the region of the world with the highest reef biodiversity. This area is estimated to contain over 75% of the world’s known coral species and over 1,400 fish species.
The Wakatobi National Park comprises the islands of Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko and other Tukangbesi Islands in Indonesia. The park is part of the Coral Triangle, an area well known for its high diversity of coral reef and fish species and associated fishing activity.
In the fall of 2016, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, and the Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region convened a group of over fifty stakeholders from Southeastern Connecticut to discuss the impacts of rising sea levels, extreme weather, and changing social and economic conditions on the resilience of the region and its commun
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Case Study
Adaptation Phase:
Assessment
Sector Addressed:
Conservation / Restoration
Land Use Planning
Research
Summary:
The Pacific Northwest (PNW) region is characterized by wet, mild winters and warm, dry summers. It lies within a climate gradient in which the southern end of the region experiences the greatest seasonal variation (i.e. coldest/wettest winters and hottest/driest summers). It is divided by the Cascade Mountain Range that runs north-south from Washington to Oregon.
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Case Study
Adaptation Phase:
Assessment
Awareness
Sector Addressed:
Culture/communities
Education / Outreach
Summary:
Resilient Islands is a project for uniting people and nature in adapting together to overcome the impacts of climate change. Today, we experience climate change in unpredictable rainfall patterns and drought, unprecedented storms in the Atlantic, and unavoidable coastal erosion in our beaches.
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