• Establish systematic documentation of management activities, monitor results
and evaluate management effectiveness in order to make the adaptation and
learning process transparent and comprehensible.
The following working steps are not intended for execution in chronological
order but should be planned and started simultaneously since some of the steps are
longer running and others may have to be done repeatedly. The following working
steps are described below:
– Definition of objectives and scope of the adaptation process
– Revision of existing management and management plan
– Data collection and inventory of available data
– Assessment of climate change and its impacts on biodiversity
– Stakeholder involvement, communication and participation
– Development of monitoring concept
– Definition of adapted management strategies and measures
10.6.1 Working Step: Definition of Objectives and Scope
of the Adaptation Process
The guiding question of how to adapt management of a protected area to climate
change must be answered specifically in order to get a clear understanding of the
scope of the adaptation process. This can be accomplished by answering the
following questions:
• What is the object of adaptation: management strategies and measures; objectives, monitoring concept; communication concept, management plan; zoning of
protected area, etc.?
• What context has to be considered in the adaptation process: organisational
structures; legal and institutional frameworks; land users and stakeholders,
existing and new collaborations, incentives and subsidies etc.?
• Which data, modelling results, and methods are or can be made available for the
adaptation process: climate-change scenarios; sensitivity and impact analyses;
monitoring results; guidelines and checklists; results of stakeholder dialogue and
consultations, etc.?
• What are the expected results of the adaptation process: for example: a new
management plan; new conservation objectives; an adapted legal and institutional
framework; new concepts (Adaptive Management) and strategies; new monitoring
concept; institutionalised stakeholder dialogue; changed land use, etc.?
The objectives, methods, and the scope of adaptation have to be discussed and
decided in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders and the results must be
documented for later evaluation.
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and evaluate management effectiveness in order to make the adaptation and
learning process transparent and comprehensible.
The following working steps are not intended for execution in chronological
order but should be planned and started simultaneously since some of the steps are
longer running and others may have to be done repeatedly. The following working
steps are described below:
– Definition of objectives and scope of the adaptation process
– Revision of existing management and management plan
– Data collection and inventory of available data
– Assessment of climate change and its impacts on biodiversity
– Stakeholder involvement, communication and participation
– Development of monitoring concept
– Definition of adapted management strategies and measures
10.6.1 Working Step: Definition of Objectives and Scope
of the Adaptation Process
The guiding question of how to adapt management of a protected area to climate
change must be answered specifically in order to get a clear understanding of the
scope of the adaptation process. This can be accomplished by answering the
following questions:
• What is the object of adaptation: management strategies and measures; objectives, monitoring concept; communication concept, management plan; zoning of
protected area, etc.?
• What context has to be considered in the adaptation process: organisational
structures; legal and institutional frameworks; land users and stakeholders,
existing and new collaborations, incentives and subsidies etc.?
• Which data, modelling results, and methods are or can be made available for the
adaptation process: climate-change scenarios; sensitivity and impact analyses;
monitoring results; guidelines and checklists; results of stakeholder dialogue and
consultations, etc.?
• What are the expected results of the adaptation process: for example: a new
management plan; new conservation objectives; an adapted legal and institutional
framework; new concepts (Adaptive Management) and strategies; new monitoring
concept; institutionalised stakeholder dialogue; changed land use, etc.?
The objectives, methods, and the scope of adaptation have to be discussed and
decided in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders and the results must be
documented for later evaluation.
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