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The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A Synthesis of Emerging Ideas

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Land Use Planning

Policy

Public Health

Research

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

Implementation

Integration/Mainstream

Planning

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Agriculture

Biodiversity

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Culture/communities

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Economics

Energy

Fisheries

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Landscape Architecture

Policy

Public Health

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Biodiversity

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Culture/communities

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Energy

Fisheries

Land Use Planning

Policy

Research

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Sector Addressed:

Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Policy

Research

Tourism / Recreation

Water Resources

Wildlife

Other

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Sector Addressed:

Agriculture

Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Water Resources

Wildlife

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Culture/communities

Fisheries

Research

Tourism / Recreation

Wildlife

Summary:

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park Zoning Plan is the primary planning vehicle for conservation and management of the GBR Marine Park. Management is shared between the Australian and Queensland governments, and day-to-day operations are overseen by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

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Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Public Health

Tourism / Recreation

Water Resources

Summary:

The Gulf of Mexico is a large, interlinked area with limited financial resources. The Gulf of Mexico Research Plan (GMRP) was developed to identify research needs and priorities for the Gulf of Mexico, encourage collaboration in the region, and increase stakeholder support.

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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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Sector Addressed:

Fisheries

Policy

Research

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

The Delaware Coastal Management Program in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is working on a Sea Level Rise Initiative. Scientists and managers are working to compile information on storm histories, inundation mapping, vulnerabilities to tidal marshes and wetlands, and incorporating resilience into planning and management.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) as one of eight projects to support as part of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program, whose goal is to build local adaptive capacity to climate change.

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Adaptation Phase:

Awareness

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Conservation / Restoration

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host a series of meetings to create tools and strategies to help natural resource managers and decision makers prepare for changes in climate. These meetings will be focused on selective habitat conservation as a tool for climate change adaptation.

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Adaptation Phase:

Awareness

Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

The Centro Ecológico Akumal (Ecology Center in Akumal or CEA) is working on three main objectives in their conservation program for the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo: marine and coastal protection, sea turtle protection, and water quality. The main goal for 2010 is a "clean water” program to increase resilience of the coastal areas and nearshore reefs.

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Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Forestry

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

With a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Ready Estuaries Program, the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program (BBNEP) is continuing its adaptation planning efforts.

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Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

As part of their statewide Sea Level Rise Adaptation Initiative, the Delaware Coastal Programs Office of the Division of Soil and Water Conservation in the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is helping the Town of Bowers Beach to conduct a vulnerability assessment and develop a coastal resiliency action plan to prepare for and adapt to sea level rise and

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Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

Through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Ready Estuaries Program, the Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) and Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) are working together to create a handbook to identify strategies that incorporate resilience to climate change as a component of habitat restoration and protection.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

The Tongass Futures Roundtable brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss economic, cultural, and ecological issues pertaining to the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska. The Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest remaining intact temperate rainforest and houses multiple endangered and rare flora and fauna. The Roundtable has worked with the U.S.

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Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Summary:

The Washington Department of Natural Resources is incorporating climate change adaptation strategies into its internal activities; one effort to achieve this was the creation of an adaptation strategy for the Department’s Aquatic Resources Program.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

In addition to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from infrastructure and equipment, the Department of the Interior is also taking adaptation measures. One such example is the creation of a department-wide strategy to address climate change.

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Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

With funding from the Nova Scotia provincial government as well as a local power company, Clean Nova Scotia was able to expand the programmatic work of their Climate Change Centre to include community capacity building workshops for adaptation.

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Sector Addressed:

Agriculture

Aquaculture

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Public Health

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

In 2006, the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program updated the Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP), a statewide plan to protect and improve the condition of ocean resources in the state.