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Towards future-oriented conservation: Managing protected areas in an era of climate change
Lorrae van Kerkhoff1, Claudia Munera2, Nigel Dudley3
1Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia. lorrae.vankerkhoff@anu.edu.au.
Abstract:
Management of protected areas must adapt to climate impacts, and prepare for ongoing ecological transformation. Future-Proofing Conservation is a dialogue-based, multi-stakeholder learning process that supports conservation managers to consider the implications of climate change for governance and management. It takes participants through a series of conceptual transitions to identify new management options that are robust to a range of possible biophysical futures, and steps that they can take now to prepare for ecological transformation. We outline the Future-Proofing Conservation process, and demonstrate its application in a pilot programme in Colombia. This process can be applied and adapted to a wide range of climate adaptation contexts, to support practitioners in developing positive ways forward for management and decision-making. By acknowledging scientific uncertainty, considering social values, and rethinking the rules that shape conservation governance, participants can identify new strategies towards "future-oriented conservation" over the long term.
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