Managing coral reefs in the face of climate change: Is there any point (IWC5 Presentation)
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Paul Marshall, Director – Climate Change Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the pre-conference workshop marine ecosystems, Global Change and Marine Resources).
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Managing coral reefs in the face of climate change: Is there any point (IWC5 Presentation)
- 1. Managing coral reefs in the face of climate change: Is there any point? Dr Paul Marshall Director – Climate Change Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- 2. Healthy reef
- 4. Damaged reef
- 6. Is management futile? Pre-climate change Worst-case scenario 1950 2000 2100 Reefcondition 2050 20092009 tem perature
- 7. Pre-climate change Worst-case scenario 1950 2000 2100 Reefcondition 2050 20092009 tem perature Best-case scenario RESILIENCERESILIENCE Is management futile?
- 8. A framework for management action 1.1. Understand problemUnderstand problem Climate Change Vulnerability AssessmentClimate Change Vulnerability Assessment 2.2. Identify strategies for reducing riskIdentify strategies for reducing risk Resilience analysis for priority ecosystems/sectorsResilience analysis for priority ecosystems/sectors 3.3. Prioritise adaptation activitiesPrioritise adaptation activities Climate Change Adaptation PlanClimate Change Adaptation Plan 4.4. Build resilienceBuild resilience ImplementationImplementation
- 9. Vulnerability Exposure Sensitivity Potential impact Adaptive capacity Climate Change & the GBR: A Vulnerability Assessment
- 10. Introduction Vulnerability of species and species groups Vulnerability of GBR habitats Enabling management The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Climate and climate change on the GBR Oceanography and climate change Resilience, climate change & the GBR Marine microbes Plankton Macroalgae Seagrasses Mangroves & tidal wetlands Reef-building corals Benthic invertebrates Fishes Sharks & Rays Seabirds Marine reptiles Marine mammals Coral reefs Pelagic systems Coasts and estuaries Islands and cays Geomorphological features Palaeoecology Industries and communities Vulnerability & management implications Climate Change & the GBR: A Vulnerability Assessment
- 13. Resilience Analysis (corals) Marshall & Schuttenberg 2007
- 14. New science Reducing nutrients increases bleaching threshold Wooldridge and Done, 2009
- 15. Adaptation Plan
- 16. Adapting management 1.1. Manage for process, not just stateManage for process, not just state • Restore water quality • Protect key functional groups • Protect refugia/critical habitats • Restore resilience of important components Photo © Georgette Douwma / naturepl.com.
- 17. 2.2. Effectively prioritise effort & resourcesEffectively prioritise effort & resources • Urgency • Importance • Feasibility Vulnerability Exposure Sensitivity Potential impact Adaptive capacity Cost Values Management Priority Adapting management
- 18. 3.3. Manage for social-ecological resilienceManage for social-ecological resilience • Resource-dependency • Climate change as a common enemy • Converting stakeholders to champions Adapting management
- 19. Key messages 1.1. GHGs must be stabilisedGHGs must be stabilised 2.2. Management has never been moreManagement has never been more importantimportant 3.3. Management needs to adaptManagement needs to adapt • Resilience focus • Triage • Partnerships 4.4. Climate change is an opportunity, tooClimate change is an opportunity, too
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- And while the newspaper journalists fire broadsides, real change is occurring….