food, water, climate, people and land - andrea mackenzie, santa clara valley open space authority
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On November 22, 2013 the Open Space Council convened a Gathering on the importance of protected land to so many issues facing our region today. More about the Gathering can be seen here: http://openspacecouncil.org/upload/page.php?pageid=62TRANSCRIPT
Harvest GatheringBay Area Open Space CouncilNovember 22, 2013
The Climate Change /
Land Conservation Nexus
Climate Change Is Here
Climate change will disrupt not only the natural world but also society, posing risks to the world's economy and the food and water supply and contributing to violent conflict (IPPC. 2013)
Water Resources
Working Lands
Wildlife
Applying Downscaled Climate Data to the Conservation at the Regional Scale
Terrestrial Biodiversity and Climate Change Collaboration (TBC3)
www.BayAreaLands.org/explorer
Land Conservation and Sustainable Communities
Copyright © 2011 Earth Economics
What’s the Value of Nature ?
Learn More• Bay Area Open Space Council (openspacecouncil.org)
• Plan Bay Area onebayarea.org
• Terrestrial Biodiversity & Climate Change Collaborative tbc3.org
• Bay Area Ecosystems Climate Change Consortium baeccc.org
• Learn more about conservation visions of agencies like: • San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority sfbayrestore.org• Santa Clara County Open Space Authority openspaceauthority.org• Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District openspace.org