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Climate Change and Protected Areas: should we be concerned?

Climate Change and Protected Areas: should we be concerned?. Floyd Homer 19 th October, 2002. projected climate change impacts on the caribbean. - sealevel rise - storm frequency & intensity - precipitation change - drought - elevated temperature. projected senarios by 2050.

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Climate Change and Protected Areas: should we be concerned?

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  1. Climate Change and Protected Areas: should we be concerned? Floyd Homer 19th October, 2002

  2. projected climate change impacts on the caribbean • - sealevel rise • - storm frequency & intensity • - precipitation change • - drought • - elevated temperature

  3. projected senarios by 2050

  4. implications for protected areas management - 1 • - monitoring • coral health and distribution • wetland size and function • habitat modification

  5. implications for protected areas management - 2 • - habitat destruction • recovery • restoration • alternate use

  6. implications for protected areas management - 3 • - site selection & design • habitat change & species shifts • invasive species

  7. implications for protected areas management - 4 • - resources procurement • financing • expertise • allocation

  8. compounding factors • - earth movements • - land use • - habitat degradation • - inadequate enforcement • - poor protected areas management practices

  9. practical considerations • - implementation of existing policy • - discharge of national obligations under existing international/regional agreements • - effective management of protected areas

  10. Thank You questions, comments, or multiples thereof?

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