Improving the role of vulnerability assessments In decision support for effective climate adaptation

摘要: Vulnerability assessments (VA) have been proposed as an initial step in a process to develop and implement adaptation management for climate change forest ecosystems. Scientific understanding of the effects is ever-accumulating knowledge base. Synthesizing information from this base context our ecosystem responses natural/historical can be challenging. Little attention has focused on how gathered vulnerability assessment phase actively facilitates implementation actions, that is, whether VA outputs actually are being used resource projects. Given financial staffing resources remain critical barriers natural managers, needs effective efficient process. We explore success VAs motivating practices offer recommendations development future management. Implementation options may more closely related extent associated processes provided opportunity social learning.