Climate and Conservation -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART I: Setting the Context -- Chapter 1: Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities -- Climate Change and Biodiversity -- Past and Future Changes -- Consequences for Conservation -- Need for Scape-scale Management and Conservation -- Responding to the Threat of Climate Change -- Opportunities -- Overview of the Book -- Chapter 2: Landscape and Seascape Climate Change Planning and Action -- Selecting Focal Species, Processes, and Ecosystems -- Framing Climate-informed Conservation Goals -- Assessing Climate Change Impacts -- Identifying and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions -- Implementing Actions at a Scape Scale -- Monitoring and Revisiting Plans -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- PA RT 2: Equatorial and Tropical Landscapes -- Chapter 3:Albertine Rift, Africa -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Landscape Conservation Needs Assessment in Response to Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 4: The Brazilian Amazon -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 5 :Mesoamerican Biological Corridor -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Paseo Pantera:Path of the Jaguar -- Formation of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC) -- Regional Effects of Climate Change.

Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- PA RT 3: Temperate and Mediterranean Landscapes -- Chapter 6: Boreal Forest, Canada -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conservation Matrix Model -- Conservation matrix -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 7: Cape Floristic Region, South Africa -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Integrating Science into Biodiversity Conservation -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 8: Eastern Mongolian Grassland Steppe -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Projecting Future Impacts -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Ecoregional Assessments -- Coupling Regional-scale Planning with On-the-Ground Adaptation Strategies -- Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 9: Northern Great Plains, North America -- Introduction to the Region -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Major Gaps and Impediments -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter10: Washington State, USA -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Integrating Climate Change into Connectivity Planning -- Conclusion and Recommendations.

PA RT 4: Freshwater and Seascapes -- Chapter 11: Alps Freshwater, Europe -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Major Successes -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Integrating Climate Change and a Freshwater Perspective into Protected Areas -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 12:Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Climate Change and Water Development -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 13: Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Changing Socioeconomic and Environmental Conditions -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Increasing Coral Reef and Social Resilience -- Xanthosoma sagittifolium), -- Scaling-up Adaptation across the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 14: Wider Caribbean Region -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Adaptation to Climate Change for Marine Turtles Project (ACT) -- Adaptation Options for Marine Turtles -- Local Action, Regional Collaboration -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- PART 5: Montane Landscapes -- Chapter 15: Altai-Sayan, Eurasia -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Science and Conservation Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region.

Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Future Changes -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Transboundary Connectivity Conservation -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 16: Great Eastern Ranges, Australia -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conservation Planning -- Initiative Priorities -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 17: Madrean Sky Islands, North America -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 18: The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion, North America -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Species Changes within the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 19: Yellowstone to Yukon, North America -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Threats to Biodiversity and the Response of Enhancing Connectivity -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- PA RT 6: Polar Land to Seascapes -- Chapter 20: Arctic Alaska, USA -- Introduction to the Region -- Historical Overview of Conservation and Science Initiatives -- Current Conservation in the Region.

Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Roadblocks and Opportunities -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 21:Antarctica -- Introduction to the Region -- Governance -- Regional Effects of Climate Change -- Approaches to Conservation under Climate Change -- Strategic Planning and Protected Areas -- The Precautionary Approach, Scenario Planning, and Feedback Management -- Reducing the Rate and Extent of Climate Change -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Building Resilience to Climate Change: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Lessons from the Field, -- PA RT 7: Lessons Learned -- Chapter 22: Moving Forward on Climate Change Science, Planning, and Action -- Reasons for Addressing Climate Change -- Relative Priority of Climate Change -- Importance of Collaboration -- Role of Science -- End Goals -- Connectivity -- Bridging Adaptation and Mitigation -- Adaptation for Biodiversity and Human Systems -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.