DMP Section Type:
Not Data - non-data Product
Description:
We propose to conduct a vulnerability assessment, develop
climate-‐smart adaptation strategies and actions, and generate
implementation plans for focal habitats of the South and Central Coast
regions of the CALCC, with a specific focus on four Southern
California National Forests (Angeles, San Bernardino, Cleveland, Los
Padres). Specifically, we will: (1) Assess the regional
vulnerabilities and resiliencies of focal habitats to climate change
and non-‐climate change stressors; (2) Generate climate-‐informed
maps to identify how vulnerabilities vary spatially to help prioritize
conservation areas and activities; (3) Identify implementable
climate-‐smart conservation strategies and actions to conserve
priority habitats; and (4) Develop an implementation handbook that
describes where, when, and how to implement climate-‐smart actions on
the ground.
Processing & Workflow:
Vulnerability assessment (Oct 2014-‐May 2015)
• Form scientific expert panel
• Collect, compile, and synthesize existing sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity information on focal habitats
• Assemble spatially explicit downscaled climate information for the region
• Scientific expert panel application of vulnerability assessment model (scoring and confidence evaluation) for focal habitats
• Assemble draft vulnerability assessment summaries comprised of expert scores and confidence rankings, and information from the peer-‐reviewed literature
• Write vulnerability assessment report, including methodologies, vulnerability assessment model and its application, and vulnerability findings for focal habitats
• Send out for peer-‐review, integrate comments and revisions, finalize, and post online
Repository for Data:
EcoAdapt website and Climate Commons
