Developing a framework and tools to help natural resource management groups reduce their risk and vulnerability to, and prepare for, climate change

开发框架和工具，帮助自然资源管理团体降低气候变化的风险和脆弱性，并为气候变化做好准备

• 批准号: NE/N012666/1
• 负责人: Jeff Price
• 金额: $ 4.14万
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FN012666%2F1
• 关键词: Developing; framework; tools; help; natural

Climate change is an existing and growing risk to many human and natural systems. Knowledge of the potential changes and subsequent vulnerability is vital in order to reduce and prepare for these risks, to become 'ClimateSmart'. Many natural resource management groups understand that there are potential risks to their reserves and operations, but how best to deal with the amount of data and uncertainties are so great that they have been unable to directly incorporate it into their management and conservation plans. The purpose of this internship is to work with one of these groups, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, to develop a framework, and set of tools, to allow it, and similar groups, to become 'ClimateSmart' and prepared for a climate changed future.Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT) is the oldest of the 47 Wildlife Trusts in the U.K., celebrating the 90th anniversary of its founding in 2016. NWT is responsible for more than 50 nature reserves and other protected sites, managing ~4500 ha of habitat in Norfolk. Of these 31 sites, 26 are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 9 are National Nature Reserves, 11 are RAMSAR wetlands of international importance, 12 are Special Protection Areas (SPA) and 16 are Special Areas of Conservation (the latter two classifications part of the EU Natura 2000 network).Effective conservation must be more than individual sites, especially under a changing climate. Thus, NWT helped develop the Living Landscapes concept - "...a relatively new way of thinking about how we manage our land. Acknowledged by Government and delivered by Wildlife Trusts across the UK, the approach seeks to connect habitats, not just nature reserves, making a more robust and expanded scale landscape for species and people." (NWT). The Living Landscapes aim to connect the 31 reserves, more than 1300 County Wildlife Sites, and surrounding areas to help maintain links between sites within a landscape. A functional Living Landscape conservation plan requires not only NWT but also partners including environmental civil society, Governments, industry and private landowners.This internship allows the expertise of the University of East Anglia to assist the NWT to identify where the organization, its operations, and reserves are most vulnerable to climate change. The goal is develop a framework, tools and training materials, based on this work, which can then be used by other groups in the U.K. and elsewhere. Having identified the risks from climate variability and change to NWT, the intern will assist them in identifying ways to reduce this risk from climate variability and change, preparing for and becoming more 'Climate Smart' in their nature reserve operations. This information will be developed in a way that benefits other groups with their own management activities. This partnership is seen as a way of developing methods to help natural resource groups protect their existing assets and future developments in an uncertain future. It also will look at potential future research needs that could be addressed through future NERC research including MSc and PhD projects. This would strengthen and improve long-term ties between NWT and the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. A potential outcome of this research is the identification of the need for new policies at the local, national and E.U. level (e.g., the need for a possible modification of the E.U. habitats directive).This project will be further supported by a Relationships Manager to ensure that the links with the intern host will be embedded within the University to maximise the potential of continuing interactions. The Research and Enterprise Team will also support the development of further translational funding applications to support the project, accessing impact funding streams from within the Norwich Research Park, as well as national programmes such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and other Innovate UK funding streams.

气候变化是许多人类和自然系统的现有风险。了解潜在变化和随后的脆弱性对于降低和准备这些风险，成为“气候玛特”至关重要。许多自然资源管理小组了解到，他们的储备和运营存在潜在的风险，但是如何最好地处理数据和不确定性的数量是如此之大，以至于他们无法将其直接纳入其管理和保护计划。实习的目的是与其中一个群体，诺福克野生动植物信任合作，开发框架和一组工具，允许它和类似的群体成为“气候”，并为环境变化做好准备。NorfolkWildlife Trust（NWT）是47个野生动物在U.K.的庆祝活动中最大的野生动物信托中的最早的IS在2016年，这是ITS 90的庆祝活动。 50个自然储备和其他受保护的地点，在诺福克管理约4500公顷的栖息地。在这31个地点中，有26个是具有特殊科学意义的地点，有9个是国家自然保护区，有11个是国际重要性的拉姆萨尔湿地，有12个是特殊保护区（SPA），而16个是特殊的保护领域（欧盟Natura 2000网络的后两个分类。因此，NWT帮助发展了生活景观的概念 - “……一种相对较新的思考我们如何管理土地的方式。政府承认并由英国野生动植物信托公司交付，该方法旨在连接栖息地，而不仅仅是自然储备，而是为物种和人提供更强大而扩大的规模景观。” （NWT）。居住的景观旨在将31个储量，1300多个县野生动植物地点以及周围地区连接起来，以帮助维持景观中地点之间的联系。一项功能性的生活景观保护计划不仅需要NWT，还需要包括环境民间社会，政府，工业和私人土地所有者在内的合作伙伴。这项实习允许东英吉利大学的专业知识帮助NWT确定组织，运营和储备最容易受到气候变化的影响。目的是根据这项工作开发框架，工具和培训材料，然后可以由英国和其他地方的其他团体使用。在确定气候变异性和变化到NWT的风险之后，实习生将帮助他们确定从气候变异性和变化中降低这种风险的方法，为他们的自然保护区运营做准备并变得更加“气候智能”。这些信息将以使其自己的管理活动受益于其他群体的方式开发。这种伙伴关系被视为开发方法，以帮助自然资源集团在不确定的未来中保护其现有资产和未来发展。它还将研究未来的NERC研究（包括MSC和PhD项目）的潜在研究需求。这将加强NWT与东安格利亚大学环境科学学院之间的长期联系。这项研究的潜在结果是确定了当地，国家和欧盟对新政策的需求。级别（例如，可能需要修改欧盟人居指令）。该项目将得到关系经理的进一步支持，以确保将与实习生主持人的链接嵌入大学内，以最大程度地提高持续互动的潜力。研究和企业团队还将支持开发进一步的转化资金应用程序，以支持该项目，从诺里奇研究园内访问Impact资金流以及知识转移伙伴关系和其他创新的英国资金流等国家计划。

项目成果

The potential impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of Norfolk - species

气候变化对诺福克生物多样性的潜在影响 - 物种

• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Trans. Norfolk Norwich Nat. Soc.
• 作者: Price J.

The implications of the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change for globally significant biodiversity areas

• DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2158-6
• 发表时间: 2018-03
• 期刊: Climatic Change
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: R. Warren;J. Price;J. VanderWal;S. Cornelius;H. Sohl