National Park Service Climate Change Response Strategy

National Park Service. 2010. National Park Service Climate Change Response Strategy. NPS Climate Change Response Program. Fort Collins, Colorado

Provides direction to NPS and employees to address the effects of climate change in park. The NPS Climate Change Response Strategy provides direction to NPS and staff to address the impacts of climate change. It describes goals and objectives to guide our actions under four integrated components: science, adaptation, mitigation, and communication. The four integrated components throughout the strategy call for an overarching legal and policy framework that will ensure the legality, consistency and appropriateness of management decisions. As climate change is likely to create conditions and ecosystems unlike any found today, upholding our mission may require updating interpretations of policy, mandates, and approaches to resource stewardship.

Type
Published Report
Authors
National Park Service
Date of Issue
2010-09
Publisher
NPS Climate Change Response Program
Units
NRSS
Keywords
Adaptation, Climate, Climate Change, Communication, Ecosystem resilience, Mitigation, Response, Science, Strategy

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