WHMSI is building
country capacity to conserve and manage migratory wildlife. It improves
hemispheric communication on conservation issues of common interest,
provides training in priority areas, strengthens the exchange of
information needed for informed decision-making, and provides a forum to
address emerging issues such as new threats to migratory species, or the
connections between wildlife disease and human diseases.
Adaptation to Climate Change for Marine Turtles
Junquillal,
Costa Rica
Nov 27-29 of
2009
Agenda
17 marine turtle
conservation practitioners, from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of
Costa Rica,
attended an 'Adaptation to climate change for marine turtles' workshop
at Junquillal Beach. The two-day training workshop, hosted by WWF,
provided an opportunity to build capacity to incorporate climate change
adaptation into ongoing conservation projects and share tools for
vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning. The workshop included
presentation of WWF's Adaptation to Climate Change Toolkit
and training in practical monitoring methods. Participants discussed
different adaptation measures and how they can now move forward with
integrating climate change into their individual projects at sea turtle
nesting and foraging areas around Costa Rica. In addition, the
participants formed an adaptation support network to share tools,
experiences and information as they begin to implement adaptation plans.
Junquillal,
Costa Rica
Presentations
(By Ana Fonseca and Marianne fish)
Monitoring Analysis for Vulnerability
Workshop
Introduction
Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate
Change and Marine Turtles
Beach
Profiling Instructions
Vulnerability Assessment
Adaptation to Climate Change
Toolkit: Coasts
The
Adaptation to Climate Change Toolkit: Coasts is a series of tools and
resources aimed at anyone with an interest in climate change adaptation
for marine turtle habitats, including coastal managers, conservation
practitioners, scientists and educators.
The Toolkit contents fall into four main categories:
i) The Toolkit in brief
ii) The problem: impacts and vulnerability
iii) The solutions: adaptation measures and manuals
iv) Additional resources
Links to pdf versions of each of the documents can be found below.
Click on picture
for the quick guide
The Toolkit in Brief
This section includes a brief introduction to the Toolkit contents,
including a Toolkit user guide and summaries of the main reports.
Climate
change has the potential to affect sea turtles and their habitats in
numerous ways. This section includes
a study of sea-level rise at Playa Grande, Costa Rica and the
implications for management of this area.
There are many opportunities for us to act to reduce
the vulnerability of sea turtles and coastal habitats to a changing
climate. The 'Adaptation to climate change: options for marine
turtles' report describes the results of our research into what
action can be taken now to help hawksbill turtles cope with climate
change. Also included in this section is a 'Temperature Monitoring
Manual' aimed at programs wishing to incorporate temperature
monitoring into their work.
For more
information about vulnerability and adaptation in Latin America and
the Caribbean and further afield, this section includes a
comprehensive resources document and other relevant publications.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to
Climate Change: Resources
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