Prospects for Canada's protected areas in an era of rapid climate change

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 928-941

  Lemieux, Christopher J ^a   Beechey, Thomas J ^b   Gray, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA)   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation; Governance; Parks; Policy; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; LAND USE PLANNING; PARK DESIGN; PROTECTED AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 79957895044     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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