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Climate and Conservation pp 3–15Cite as

Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities

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Across a vast array of human endeavors, climate change is demanding fundamental re-consideration of past approaches — be it in applied research on agricultural technologies, policy setting on water distribution, long-range planning for natural disasters, and so on. The list is long, and the arena of biodiversity conservation is no exception.

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  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystem Service
  • Protected Area
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Climate Change Adaptation

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  1. environmental politics at Brandeis University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University, USA

    Charles C. Chester (assistant professor)

  2. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Jodi A. Hilty (director)

  3. Middlebury College in Vermont, USA

    Stephen C. Trombulak

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  2. environmental politics at Brandeis University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University, USA

    Charles C. Chester (assistant professor) (assistant professor)

  3. Wildlife Conservation Society, USA

    Molly S. Cross (coordinator) (coordinator)

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Chester, C.C., Hilty, J.A., Trombulak, S.C. (2012). Climate Change Science, Impacts, and Opportunities. In: Hilty, J.A., Chester, C.C., Cross, M.S. (eds) Climate and Conservation. Island Press/Center for Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-203-7_1

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