Climate adaptation for species and sites
Scoring what is vulnerable, then building the answer into a project.
4 resources
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NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index
Free spreadsheet tool that scores how vulnerable a species is to climate change and returns a five-category rating
Score a species for climate vulnerability in a spreadsheet, with no modeling background needed
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System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species
Free US Forest Service questionnaire, 22 criteria, built for managers with no climate modeling background
Answer 22 questions and get a vulnerability rating a site manager can actually act on
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Climate-Smart Conservation guide
Seven-step cycle for building climate change into project goals, with a short quick-guide version
Use the seven-step cycle to build climate into project goals rather than bolting it on afterwards
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IUCN SSC guidelines for assessing species vulnerability to climate change
How to choose between the assessment methods above, with a decision framework comparing them
Read this first to choose between the vulnerability tools above, instead of defaulting to one