Title
Responding to Climate Change: Guidance for protected area managers and planners
Author(s)
Gross, J.;Watson, J.;Woodley, S.;Welling, L.;Harmon, D.
Published
2015
Abstract
This WCPA guidance document is aimed at helping protected areas managers think about and develop useful adaptation strategies for protected areas in the face of climate change. This version of the document is intentionally a consultation draft. It was developed for consultation at the 10th World Parks Congress in Sydney Australia, November 2014. Climate change has been called a wicked problem, because it is inherently difficult to solve and the processes managers need to undertake in understanding it are complex and may be contradictory. The document is presented as a consultation draft in a sincere effort to gather input, critique and share global solutions. The authors and contributors are under no illusion that we have all the answers to deal with climate change. We have tried to bring together the best thinking available. We recognize that we are at the start of a long and difficult journey with climate change, which will challenge our assumptions and beliefs. We need and welcome your constructive input to this document. There is certainly a need for guidance on climate change adaptation in protected areas, but no doubt we will be revising our views as the future unfolds.
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