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Climate and Conservation

Name: Climate and Conservation
Brand: ISLAND PRESS
SKU: 9781610911719
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Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action

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Edited by Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, Molly S. Cross
Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
Release Date: July 14, 2012
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Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats posed by climate change.

The book begins with an introductory section that frames the issues and takes a systematic look at planning for climate change adaptation. The nineteen chapters that follow examine particular case studies in every part of the world, including landscapes and seascapes from equatorial, temperate, montane, polar, and marine and freshwater regions. Projects profiled range from North American grasslands to boreal forests to coral reefs to Alpine freshwater environments.

Chapter authors have extensive experience in their respective regions and are actively engaged in working on climate-related issues. The result is a collection of geographical case studies that allows for effective cross-comparison while at the same time recognizing the uniqueness of each situation and locale.

Climate and Conservation offers readers tangible, place-based examples of projects designed to protect large landscapes as a means of conserving biodiversity in the face of the looming threat of global climate change. It informs readers of how a diverse set of conservation actors have been responding to climate change at a scale that matches the problem, and is an essential contribution for anyone involved with large-scale biodiversity conservation.

Foreword
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PART I. Setting the Context
Chapter 1. Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities \ Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty, and Stephen C. Trombulak
Chapter 2. Landscape and Seascape Climate Change Planning and Action \ Molly S. Cross, Anne M. Schrag, Evan H. Girvetz, and Carolyn A. F. Enquist

PART II. Equatorial Landscapes
Chapter 3. Albertine Rift, Africa \ Anton Seimon and Andrew Plumptre
Chapter 4. The Brazilian Amazon \ Eneas Salati, Marc Dourojeanni, Agenor Mundim, Gilvan Sampaio, and Thomas Lovejoy
Chapter 5. Mesoamerican Biological Corridor \ Margaret Buck Holland

PART III. Temperate and Mediterranean Landscapes
Chapter 6. Boreal Forest, Canada \ Meg Krawchuk, Kim Lisgo, Shawn Leroux, Pierre Vernier, Steve Cumming, and Fiona Schmiegelow
Chapter 7. Cape Floristic Region, South Africa \ Lee Hannah, Dave Panitz, and Guy Midgley
Chapter 8. Eastern Mongolian Grassland Steppe \ Evan H. Girvetz, Robert McDonald, Michael Heiner, Joseph Kiesecker, Galbadrakh Davaa, Chris Pague, Matthew Durnin, and Enkhtuya Oidov
Chapter 9. Northern Great Plains, North America \ Anne M. Schrag and Steve Forrest
Chapter 10. Washington State, USA \ Meade Krosby, Jennifer R. Hoffman, Joshua J. Lawler, and Brad H. McRae

PART IV. Freshwater and Seascapes
Chapter 11. Alps Freshwater, Europe \ Leopold F üreder, Thomas Waldner, Aurelia Ullrich-Schneider, and Thomas Scheurer
Chapter 12. Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Asia \ Brian D. Smith and Elisabeth Fahrni Mansur
Chapter 13. Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji \ Stacy Jupiter, Caleb McClennen, and Elizabeth Matthews
Chapter 14. Wider Caribbean Region \ Marianne Fish

PART V. Montane Landscapes
Chapter 15. Altai-Sayan, Eurasia \ Yuri Badenkov, Tatyana Yashina, and Graeme Worboys
Chapter 16. Great Eastern Ranges, Australia \ Ian Pulsford, Graeme Worboys, Gary Howling, and Thomas Barrett
Chapter 17. Madrean Sky Islands, North America \ Laura L ópez-Hoffman and Adrian Quijada-Mascare ñas
Chapter 18. The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion, North America \ Stephen C. Trombulak, Robert F. Baldwin, Joshua J. Lawler, Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman, and Mark A. Anderson
Chapter 19. Yellowstone to Yukon, North America \ Charles C. Chester, Jodi A. Hilty, and Wendy L. Francis

PART VI. Polar Land to Seascapes
Chapter 20. Arctic Alaska, USA \ Steve Zack and Joe Liebezeit
Chapter 21. Antarctica \ David Ainley and Tina Tin

PART VII. Lessons Learned
Chapter 22. Moving Forward on Climate Change Science Planning and Action \ Jodi A. Hilty, Molly S. Cross, and Charles C. Chester

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"Climate and Conservation offers fresh perspectives on the challenges that climate change brings to the already daunting task of conserving biodiversity. What distinguishes this volume from other assessments is the authors' collective experience in engaging with managers and stakeholders to incorporate climate change into conservation planning and, importantly, action at sites around the globe."

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