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dc.contributor.authorLindenmayer, David B
dc.contributor.authorSteffen, Will
dc.contributor.authorBurbidge, Andrew A
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorKitching, Roger L
dc.contributor.authorMusgrave, Warren
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Mark Stafford
dc.contributor.authorWerner, Patricia A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:40:18Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:40:18Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-23T05:45:36Z
dc.identifier.issn0006-3207
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37606
dc.description.abstractAs in all parts of the globe, rapid climate change in Australia will have significant negative impacts on biodiversity. It also will interact with pre-existing stressors such as native vegetation clearing, altered natural disturbance regimes and invasive species - all of which already have major negative effects on biota in Australia. Strategies to reduce climate change impacts on Australian biodiversity include a mixture of mitigation and adaptation actions (sensu Millar et al., 2007) such as: (1) significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, (2) ensuring bio-diverse carbon capture, (3) better tackling pre-existing stressors on biodiversity, (4) better preparing for the effects of major natural disturbances, (5) significantly improving off-reserve conservation efforts including fostering appropriate connectivity, and (6) enhancing the existing reserve system by making it more comprehensive, adequate and representative. The first strategy above demands a global response otherwise major mitigation attempts in Australia that are not paralleled elsewhere around the world will have little effect on climate change and, in turn, contribute little to enhanced biodiversity conservation. Strategies 2-6 demand multi-scaled responses, particularly at a regional level, given the major regional differences in direct climate change impacts and their interactions with pre-existing regional stressors. Well developed multi-scaled conservation plans to implement these strategies currently do not exist, nor do appropriate institutional arrangements and capacities. Institutional reforms are urgently needed in Australia to develop the land management, monitoring and regional response capabilities required to conserve biodiversity on a continent already significantly modified.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1587
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1593
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBiological Conservation
dc.relation.ispartofvolume143
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther environmental sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode419999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.titleConservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKitching, Roger L.


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