Managing United States Public Lands in Response to Climate Change: A View From the Ground Up
Managing United States Public Lands in Response to Climate Change: A View From the Ground Up
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DOI：
10.1007/s00267-012-9829-2
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发表时间：
2012-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Milford, Jana B.
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作者：
Ellenwood, Mikaela S.;Dilling, Lisa;Milford, Jana B.
联邦土地管理者在做出关于土地使用和公共土地上发生的活动的决策时，面临着平衡多种用途和目标的任务。虽然气候变化现在已得到联邦机构及其地方土地和资源管理人员的充分认识，但尚不清楚如何将与气候变化有关的问题纳入多用途目标框架内的实地决策。我们进行了一个案例研究的联邦土地管理机构外地办事处，圣胡安公共土地中心在杜兰戈，科罗拉多州，美国，从他们的角度了解目前的决策是如何制定的，以及气候变化和碳管理是如何被纳入决策的。我们评估了气候变化或碳管理可能与其他使用目标交叉的三个主要管理部门：森林，生物燃料和放牧。虽然土地管理者意识到气候变化，并渴望更多地了解气候变化可能如何影响土地资源，但将气候变化考虑纳入日常决策目前相当有限。因此，气候变化是雷达屏幕上，但仍然是一个较低的优先事项比其他问题。为了协助该办事处根据可靠的科学信息作出决定，需要进一步研究管理活动如何影响碳储存和气候变化下景观的复原力。
Federal land managers are faced with the task of balancing multiple uses and goals when making decisions about land use and the activities that occur on public lands. Though climate change is now well recognized by federal agencies and their local land and resource managers, it is not yet clear how issues related to climate change will be incorporated into on-the-ground decision making within the framework of multiple use objectives. We conducted a case study of a federal land management agency field office, the San Juan Public Lands Center in Durango, CO, U.S.A., to understand from their perspective how decisions are currently made, and how climate change and carbon management are being factored into decision making. We evaluated three major management sectors in which climate change or carbon management may intersect other use goals: forests, biofuels, and grazing. While land managers are aware of climate change and eager to understand more about how it might affect land resources, the incorporation of climate change considerations into everyday decision making is currently quite limited. Climate change is therefore on the radar screen, but remains a lower priority than other issues. To assist the office in making decisions that are based on sound scientific information, further research is needed into how management activities influence carbon storage and resilience of the landscape under climate change.