Central Valley LCP: Reading Materials for the Adaptation Strategies Workshop

Map of the Central Valley LCP study area. Click to view the 11"x17" version.

An Ecologically-connected Central Valley Landscape

The overarching goal of the Central Valley Landscape Conservation Project is an "ecologically-connected landscape". We are working toward this goal as a partnership by evaluating and responding to the impacts of climate change and other human-driven stressors with climate-smart adaptation strategies and actions implemented in a coordinated fashion across the landscape.

Scan this Quick Guide to Climate-Smart Conservation to see the rationale behind our process and the context for our Adaptation Strategies and Actions Workshop.

Developing Adaptation Strategies and Actions

Adaptation refers to the ability to modify one's life-strategy to cope with or avoid stressors. Climate-smart conservation adaptation strategies and actions explicitly address components of vulnerability of the conservation target, whether at the species or habitat level or in landscape adaptation strategies, at the landscape scale and across future scenarios. We will work on developing both in our up-coming workshop.
Read these two short pieces to be ready:

Reference Sheet: Strategic Methods for Identifying Adaptation Strategies

CVLCP Central Valley Future Scenarios.