Adaptation in practice: how managers of nature conservation areas in eastern england are responding to climate change.

ABSTRACT: Although good general principles for climate change adaptation in conservation have been developed, it is proving a challenge to translate them into more detailed recommendations for action. To improve our understanding of what adaptation might involve in practice, we investigated how the managers of conservation areas in eastern England are considering climate change. We used a written questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to collect information from managers of a range of different conservation areas. Topics investigated include the impacts of climate change perceived to be of the greatest importance; adaptation goals being set; management actions being carried out to achieve these goals; sources of information used; and perceived barriers to taking action. We identified major the

SUBMITTER: Macgregor NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171586 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature