TY - JOUR
T1 - Building capacity for climate adaptation planning in protected area management: Options and challenges for World Heritage
AU - Melbourne-Thomas, Jess
AU - Lin, Brenda B
AU - Hopkins, Mandy
AU - Hill, Rosemary
AU - Dunlop, Michael
AU - MacGregor, Nicholas
AU - Merson, Samuel D
AU - Vertigan, Caitlin
AU - Donegan, Luke
AU - Sheppard, Marian
AU - Myers, Jacqui
AU - Thomas, Linda
AU - Visschers, Lola
AU - McNeair, Bianca
AU - Syme, Lance
AU - Grant, Chrissy
AU - Pedrocchi, Nicholas
AU - Oakley, Patricia
AU - Stevens, Amy
AU - Rose, Denis
AU - Rose, Erin
AU - Gould, Jade
AU - Locke, John
AU - Maybanks, Lynda
AU - Ireland, Tracy
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. We would like to thank the Australian World Heritage property managers and other stakeholders who provided their valuable time and knowledge through numerous discussions supporting the development of this work. Particular thanks to the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Advisory Committee and also to the anonymous reviewers whose suggestions were very helpful in improving the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - "Response and adaptation to the impacts of climate change is a vital and increasing requirement for protected area management. On the ground managers of cultural and natural values in protected places have requested practical guidance on how to undertake climate change impact analysis, vulnerability assessment, and adaptation plan- ning together with enhanced capacity for planning with partners, rightsholders and stakeholders. In this paper we explore how co-development and subsequent testing among World Heritage site managers, Indigenous ex- perts and researchers, produced guidance for assessing, responding to and planning for the impacts of climate change on the diverse values of World Heritage sites in Australia. We draw on the diversity of cultural and natural heritage values associated with the terrestrial, coastal and marine environments in Australian World Heritage sites, and the broad range of institutional contexts in these sites, to highlight considerations of relevance to other protected areas (including other World Heritage sites around the world, Ramsar wetlands and marine protected areas). Our paper highlights that, for climate adaptation planning to become a normal part of man- agement, there is a need for ongoing capacity building, including around the use of climate information to inform adaptation planning and implementation, as well as integrating Indigenous perspectives. Building capacity mayinvolve trial and error, negotiation, sharing, sourcing and interpreting new information, and changes in""expectations. It will require novel and more dynamic relationships between partners and stakeholders. Managers should include capacity building for climate adaptation planning and implementation as a specific climate"adaptation task in their planning."
AB - "Response and adaptation to the impacts of climate change is a vital and increasing requirement for protected area management. On the ground managers of cultural and natural values in protected places have requested practical guidance on how to undertake climate change impact analysis, vulnerability assessment, and adaptation plan- ning together with enhanced capacity for planning with partners, rightsholders and stakeholders. In this paper we explore how co-development and subsequent testing among World Heritage site managers, Indigenous ex- perts and researchers, produced guidance for assessing, responding to and planning for the impacts of climate change on the diverse values of World Heritage sites in Australia. We draw on the diversity of cultural and natural heritage values associated with the terrestrial, coastal and marine environments in Australian World Heritage sites, and the broad range of institutional contexts in these sites, to highlight considerations of relevance to other protected areas (including other World Heritage sites around the world, Ramsar wetlands and marine protected areas). Our paper highlights that, for climate adaptation planning to become a normal part of man- agement, there is a need for ongoing capacity building, including around the use of climate information to inform adaptation planning and implementation, as well as integrating Indigenous perspectives. Building capacity mayinvolve trial and error, negotiation, sharing, sourcing and interpreting new information, and changes in""expectations. It will require novel and more dynamic relationships between partners and stakeholders. Managers should include capacity building for climate adaptation planning and implementation as a specific climate"adaptation task in their planning."
KW - World Heritage
KW - Climate Change Adaptation
KW - Protected areas
KW - Climate change
KW - Ramsar
KW - Outstanding Universal Value
KW - Indigenous
KW - Indigenous pathways
KW - Cultural heritage
KW - Vulnerability
KW - Adaptation
KW - Natural heritage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110459
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110459
M3 - Article
SN - 0006-3207
VL - 290
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
M1 - 110459
ER -