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Communal Visual Histories
Tero Mustonen (1) Snowchange Cooperative, Finland, Havukkavaarantie 29, FIN 81235 Lehtoi, Finland, tero@snowchange.org Abstract: Communal visual-optic histories This article explores the pioneering potential of communal visual-optic histories which are recorded, painted, documented, or otherwise expressed. These materials provide collective meanings of an image or visual material within a specific cultural group. They potentially provide a new method for monitoring and documenting changes to ecosystem health and species distribution, which can…
The importance of understanding intraspecific behavioral variation in migratory fishes and its impact on the adaptability of these fishes to climate change
AC Winkler, AR Childs1, M Parkinson1, M Roberts, C Santos, Professor Warwick Sauer1, Professor Warren Potts1 1Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Intraspecific behavioral variation is common throughout numerous animal taxa being referred to using a multitude of terms such as “partial migration” or the “contingent theory” in order…
Developing a toolkit for global museums with SOTM participants: connect the public with your research to advance biodiversity conservation and climate resilience.”
Henry McGhie, Senior Manager and Senior Curator Amanda Bamford, Senior Career Academic Ahead of the conference, this informal ice-breaker workshop will help participants understand one another’s interests and research. Description: Around the world, thousands of museums present great potential to educate, inform and inspire people about climate change impacts, promoting climate change adaptation and…
Neotropical results from SPARC: Where in the world should we put conservation for climate change?
Derek Corcoran1, Pablo Marquet1 1Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile A regional assessment team has been analysing species and ecosystem movements for the Neotropics as part of the pan-tropical SPARC project. The fundamental question we address is where protected areas and other conservation measures should be located to account for Species on the Move. We…
Diversity increases driven by climate change and invasions
Prof Chris Thomas1 1University of York, York, United Kingdom Climate change and biological invasions are two of the biggest drivers of distribution changes in the Anthropocene. We discuss how both processes are generating increased species richness in many regions. We find that local plant species richness has increased the most in parts of the world…
Future recovery of baleen whales is imperiled by climate change
Chris Brown3, Richard Matear5, Éva E. Plagányi2, Anthony J. Richardson2,4, Viv Tulloch1,2,3 1ARC Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Queensland BioSciences Precinct (QBP), St Lucia, Australia, 3Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, 4Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics,…