Permanent land protection is one of the best ways to support wildlife in a changing climate by providing a network of connected habitats and refugia to support biodiversity as temperatures rise and conditions change.
Conservation organizations can include climate impacts into their conservation planning and prioritization. For an example, see Moose Mountains Regional Greenways' Conservation Action Plan.
More Information
- Conserving Nature in a Changing Climate
- Nature’s Network
- The Nature Conservancy's Resilient and Connected Landscapes Project
- Wildlife Conservation Society reports, Embracing Change: Adapting Conservation Approaches to Address a Changing Climate and 14 Solutions to Problems Climate Change Poses for Conservation
- Adaptation Workbook - available for forests, urban forests, and agriculture; coming soon for wildlife!
- For those in the coastal watershed, check out the following data layers on the NH Coastal Viewer
- Water Resource Conservation Focus Areas - 2016 Update
- Predicted Marsh Migration
- Sea Level Rise Scenarios
- Also explore the C-RiSe and Tides to Storms vulnerability assessments, available for the 17 coastal zone communities
