Wetlands and climate change compendium
07/01/10 00:17
The
Association of State Wetlands
Managers (ASWM) is a great North
American group that has been collating some
resources on climate change and wetlands, both
from climate mitigation and adaptation
perspectives. I’m posting some of their material
verbatim here, including a set of
recommendations for managing wetlands they
compiled recently. I have some issues with using
wetlands as a carbon sequestration mechanism in
some cases, but I’ve included those links as
well.
| ASWM
has posted the “Recommendations
for a National Wetlands and
Climate Change Initiative” based on Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change, held on September 16-18, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. ASWM is recommending that federal agencies and Congress create a cooperative National Wetlands and Climate Change Initiative with the states, tribes, local governments, and the private sector. It would build upon existing coordination mechanisms. Please see: http://www.aswm.org/calendar/ wetlands2008/recommendations_2008_112008.htm. For a printable version, please see: http://www.aswm.org/calendar/wetlands2008/recommendations_2008_112008.pdf |
Wetlands and Global Climate
Change,
by Leah
Stetson (February 2007)
Seas rise and reshape barrier islands, coastal shorelines and estuaries. Wetlands store a significant amount of carbon. In response to global climate change, wetland scientists and decision-makers have posed the questions: How do we manage wetlands with added understanding about climate change and its direct, indirect and long-range effects? Are there ways to mitigate the effects of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere in order to protect wetlands? What are the effects of rising sea levels on coastal wetlands? What other climate change factors will have an impact on wetlands? Who is studying these effects and impacts to wetlands? [For full story in PDF format, click here.] |
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Wetlands and Climate Change: Management
Options,
by Jon Kusler,
ASWM (2007) (PDF)
Common Questions: Wetland, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestering by Jon Kusler,, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (06/26/06) |
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