Management of protected areas must adapt to climate impacts, and prepare for ongoing ecological transformation. Future-Proofing Conservation is a dialogue-based, multi-stakeholder learning process that supports conservation managers to consider the implications of climate change for governance and management. It takes participants through a series of conceptual transitions to identify new management options that are robust to a range of possible biophysical futures, and steps that they can take now to prepare for ecological transformation. We outline the Future-Proofing Conservation process, and demonstrate its application in a pilot programme in Colombia. This process can be applied and adapted to a wide range of climate adaptation contexts, to support practitioners in developing positive ways forward for management and decision-making. By acknowledging scientific uncertainty, considering social values, and rethinking the rules that shape conservation governance, participants can identify new strategies towards future-oriented conservation over the long term.
1.Australian Natl Univ, Fenner Sch Environm & Soc, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia 2.Equilibrium Res, 47 Quays,Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UQ, Avon, England 3.World Wildlife Fund Colombia, Carrera 35 4A-25, Cali, Colombia 4.IUCN Conservat Ctr, Luc Hoffmann Inst, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland 5.Univ Montana, Dept Soc & Conservat, 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59801 USA 6.Commonwealth Sci & Ind Res Org CSIRO Land & Water, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Recommended Citation:
van Kerkhoff, Lorrae,Munera, Claudia,Dudley, Nigel,et al. Towards future-oriented conservation: Managing protected areas in an era of climate change[J]. AMBIO,2019-01-01,48(7):699-713