Bridging climate science to adaptation action in data sparse Tanzania

cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierEvan Girvetz: 0000-0002-1062-9764
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892914000010en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0376-8929en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalEnvironmental Conservationen
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.ciatMODELINGen
cg.volume41en
dc.contributor.authorGirvetz, Evan Hartunianen
dc.contributor.authorGray, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorTear, Timothy Hen
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Matthew Aen
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-30T17:58:24Zen
dc.date.available2015-01-30T17:58:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/56596
dc.titleBridging climate science to adaptation action in data sparse Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractIn the face of an already changing climate, conservation practitioners and local communities face the major challenge of how to plan for a future climate. In data-sparse areas of the world, where action is often most needed, the daunting scope of the problem can lead to inaction. This paper shows that climate adaptation planning can be accomplished successfully with publicly and globally available data by linking science and stakeholders through a facilitated process. Working with local stakeholders in the western Tanzanian Greater Mahale and Greater Gombe Ecosystems, future climate projections produced using Climate Wizard and analyses of literature provided an understanding of the climate vulnerabilities of local ecosystems and human livelihoods. Facilitated workshops enabled local stakeholders to use this information to develop conceptual models and hypotheses of change for these systems, and to identify possible modifications to conservation plans. Here, climate change planning required the modification of most current conservation strategies, developing some new strategies and abandoning others. The paper indicates that climate adaptation planning is achievable even in data-sparse rural and developing areas, but requires appropriate scientific analyses, engaged stakeholders and a facilitated process.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2014-01-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGirvetz, Evan H.; Gray, Elizabeth; Tear, Timothy H.; Brown, Matthew A.. 2014. Bridging climate science to adaptation action in data sparse Tanzania. Environmental Conservation. 41(2): 229-238.en
dcterms.extentp. 229-238en
dcterms.issued2014-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dcterms.subjectecosystemsen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.subjectplanningen
dcterms.subjectmodelsen
dcterms.subjectunited republic of tanzaniaen
dcterms.subjectcambio climáticoen
dcterms.subjectecosistemaen
dcterms.subjectadaptaciónen
dcterms.subjectplanificaciónen
dcterms.subjectmodelosen
dcterms.subjectrepública unida de tanzaníaen
dcterms.subjectpollutionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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