Climate Change
“The warming of the earth could potentially have more far-reaching
impacts on wildlife and wildlife habitat than any challenge that
has come before us.”
Dale Hall, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
A growing body of knowledge about global climate change and its effects
on birds, wildlife and habitat is influencing the way wetland scientists
and wetland managers think about wetlands. It will also impact the work
of the Central Valley Joint Venture partners. Below are links to various
reports, web sites and news items related to this important issue.
Wetlands and Global Climate Change, a site managed by the Association
of State Wetland Managers, is designed to identify the issues and help
wetland managers address the questions around how to reevaluate wetland
management practices in consideration of global climate change.
http://www.aswm.org/science/climate_change/climate_change.htm
California Climate Change Portal is a conduit to general information,
research, policies, legislation, terms and links relating to climate change.
The site also directs you to California state agencies and the specific
actions they are taking relative to climate change.
http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/
A site hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service devoted specifically
to issues related to climate change and what the Service is doing to rise
to the challenge.
http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange
The Union of Concerned Scientists website provides sections on global
warming and ozone depletion. This site also includes briefings, updates,
FAQs, recommendations, fact sheets, analysis, links, guides, statements
and what you can do.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
Co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change was established to provide decision-makers and others interested
in climate change with an objective source of information about the issue.
Their website offers comprehensive and objective scientific, technical
and socio-economic literature relevant to the understanding of the risk
of human-induced climate change, its observed and projected impacts and
options for adaptation and mitigation.
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Global Warming and its Impact on Bird Populations
In a report jointly produced by the American Bird Conservancy and National Wildlife Federation, the Birdwatchers Guide to Global Warming gives an in-depth analysis of how global climate change may affect populations of some bird species. In addition to the main report, there is a supplement for each of the lower 48 U.S. States. For more information follow the link below.
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/specialreports.html