Awareness to Action Training Series for the Sky Island Region
Sept 20-21, 2010 | April 13-14, 2011 | May 21-22, 2013 • Tucson, AZ
Overview
Are you grappling with effective resource management and conservation in the face of climate change? Although natural resource managers, scientists, and conservation organizations recognize the need to respond to the effects of climate change, there are many outstanding questions. How can existing information be applied? What is still uncertain and how do we work with uncertainty? What is already being done and what should be done next?
To explore and address these questions, Sky Island Alliance is convening a three-part series of workshops as part of the Sky Island Alliance Climate Change Adaptation Project:
- Climate Change Adaptation in the Arid Southwest: A Workshop for Land and Resource Management | September 20-21, 2010
- Goal: Develop a common understanding of the impacts of climate change in the region, and build a diverse network of organizations, natural resource managers and scientists interested in continuing to engage on the issues of climate change adaptation. Held in conjunction with the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
- Related Resource: Workshop Summary Report
- Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Climate Change Adaptation and Resource Management for the Sky Island Region | April 13-14, 2011
- Goal: Focus will be on the vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies specific to the Sky Island region.
- Related Resource: Adaptation Action Plan For Fire in the Sky Island Region
- Learning to Live with the Heat: Adapting to a Changing Climate in the Sky Island Region | May 21-22, 2013
- Related Resource: Adapting to a Changing Climate in the Sky Island Region
Workshop Objectives:
- Review the latest science on regional climate change projections, impacts, and adaptation options
- Advance and strengthen collaboration on regional adaptation projects
- Create a venue to share learning, progress, and strategy
- Develop next steps for climate change adaptation for natural resources in the region
Agenda & Speakers
Facilitators:
- Louise Misztal
- Lara Hansen
Convening Partners:
Reading & Resources
- Designing Climate-Smart Conservation: Guidance and Case Studies. Hansen, Hoffman, Drews and Mielbrecht. 2010. Conservation Biology. (View on CAKE.)
- Resource Management in a Changing and Uncertain Climate. Joshua J Lawler, Timothy H Tear, Chris Pyke, M Rebecca Shaw, Patrick Gonzalez, Peter Kareiva, Lara Hansen, Lee Hannah, Kirk Klausmeyer, Allison Aldous, Craig Bienz, and Sam Pearsall. 2010. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Vol. 8, No. 1. (View on CAKE.)
- Climate Savvy: Adapting Conservation and Resource Management to a Changing World. Hansen and Hoffman. 2010. Island Press. (View on CAKE.)
- Buying Time: A User's Guide to Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems. Hansen, Biringer and Hoffman. 2003. WWF. (View on CAKE.)
- Responding to Climate Change Impacts in the Sky Island Region: From Planning to Action. Louise W. Misztal, Gregg Garfin, Lara Hansen. 2013. USDA Forest Service Proceedings.
Useful Websites:
- Southwest Climate Change Network (Now the Arizona Institute for Resilience, Arizona Environment)
- CLIMAS: Climate Assessment for the Southwest
- Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- Arizona Firescape
- Climate Change and Natural Resources in Pima County
- Las Cienegas National Conservation Area