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dc.contributor.authorAsh, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip
dc.contributor.authorStokes, Chris
dc.contributor.authorTogtohyn, Chuluun
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-05T06:23:48Z
dc.date.available2020-09-05T06:23:48Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-01
dc.identifier.citationAsh, A., Thornton, P., Stokes, C., & Togtohyn, C. (2012). Is proactive adaptation to climate change necessary in grazed rangelands?. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 65(6), 563-568.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2111/REM-D-11-00191.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/642668
dc.description.abstractIn this article we test the notion that adaptation to climate change in grazed rangelands requires little more effort than current approaches to risk management because the inherent climate variability that characterizes rangelands provides a management environment that is preadapted to climate change. We also examine the alternative hypothesis that rangeland ecosystems and the people they support are highly vulnerable to climate change. Past climate is likely to become an increasingly poor predictor of the future, so there is a risk in relying on adaptation approaches developed solely in response to existing variability. We find incremental, autonomous adaptation will be sufficient to deal with most of the challenges provided by the gradual expression of climate change in the next decade or two. However, projections of greater climate change in the future means that the responses required are qualitatively as well as quantitatively different and are beyond the existing suite of adaptation strategies and coping range. The proactive adaptation responses required go well beyond incremental on-farm or local actions. New policies will be needed to deal with transformational changes associated with land tenure issues and challenges of some displacement and migration of people in vulnerable parts of rangelands. Even where appropriate adaptation actions can be framed, issues of when to act and how much to act in a proactive way remain a challenge for research, management, and policy. Whether incremental or transformational involving system changes, a diversity of adaptation options will be required in different rangeland regions to enhance social and ecological resilience./En este artículo evaluamos la idea de que la adaptación al cambio climático en pastizales pastoreados requiere un mayor esfuerzo que lo que se hace en la actualidad para manejar los riesgos debido a la inherente variabilidad climática que caracteriza a los pastizales y que provee un manejo del ambiente que está pre-adaptado al cambio climático. Examinamos la hipótesis alternativa que los ecosistemas de pastizales y la gente que mantienen es altamente vulnerable al cambio climático. El clima pasado es probable que se convierta cada vez más en un pobre predictor del futuro así que es riesgo en confiar en enfoques de adaptación desarrollados únicamente en respuesta a la variabilidad existente. Encontramos que la adaptación autónoma será suficiente para lidiar con la mayoría de los desafios proporcionados por la expresión gradual de cambio climático en las siguientes dos décadas. Sin embargo, las proyecciones de un mayor cambio climático en el futuro significan que las respuestas requeridas son tanto culitativa como cuantitativamente diferentes y éstas van más allá de los alcances de la estrategias adaptación y afrontamiento. La adaptación proactiva de las respuestas requiere ir más allá del incremento de la granja o de las acciones locales. Nuevas políticas serán necesarias para lidiar con los cambios transformacionales asociados con problemas de la tenencia de la tierra y los retros del desplazamiento y migración de la gente en ciertas partes vulnerable de los pastizales. Incluso donde las medidias adecuadas de adaptación se pueden enmarcar, problemas de cómo actuar y en qué medida en una manera proactiva siguen representado un reto para los investigadores, manejadores y las políticas. Ya sea envolviendo cambios sistemáticos transformacionales o incrementales, se exigirá una diversidad de opciones de adaptación en las diferentes regiones de pastizales para mejorar las resiliencia ecológica o social.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license which permits non-commercial use of the work as published, without adaptation or alteration provided the work is fully attributed.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectdisplacement
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectproactive approach
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjecttransformation
dc.titleIs Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change Necessary in Grazed Rangelands?
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalRangeland Ecology & Management
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.description.admin-noteMigrated from OJS platform August 2020
dc.source.volume65
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.beginpage563-568
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-05T06:23:48Z


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