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Integrating climate change into invasive species risk assessment/risk management

1 Dec 2008

It gave participants the opportunity to contemplate the value of including climate change into invasive species risk assessment and discuss the issues and challenges that may arise in doing so. [...] The next section presents the state of invasive alien species in Canada and the climate change considerations for invasive species in general. [...] The workshops will focus on the integration or “mainstreaming”1 of climate change considerations into management practices within the operations of federal government departments; risk assessment and management in departments with regulatory functions represent the first theme to be explored in this context. [...] In the 2050s, an increase in winter and fall precipitation is forecast with regional increases in the north and decreases in the south. [...] The US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the potential economic impact to be in the billions of dollars to US and Canadian water users within the Great Lakes region alone due to the buildup of mussels on municipal and industrial water infrastructure.

agriculture environment climate change adaptation education climate conservation invasive species water climate change adaptation science and technology climate change mitigation risk management natural resources evaluation biological invasions earth sciences ecology precipitation risk weather ecosystem climatic changes adaptive management risks alien educational assessment general circulation model canadian food inspection agency invasive alien species
ISBN
9781100106199
Pages
28
Published in
Canada

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