Flagship - Assessing the climate impacts on ecosystem services of the CLLMM
Project Lead: Justin Brookes (University of Adelaide)
Project Team: Qifeng Ye, Travis Howson, Koster Sarakinis, Jason Earl, Fred Bailleul (SARDI), Peng Bi, Olga Anikeeva, Alana Hansen, Scotte Wedderburn, Patrick O'Connor, Ember Corpuz, Arman Niknam (University of Adelaide), Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation, Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation, Brendan Grigg (Flinders University)
Project overview
Ecosystem services of the region are already being impacted or will become impacted by climate change. Adapting to changing climate impacts is about building resilience in ecosystems and within the community to face the current challenges and planning for an uncertain but inevitable future.
The Ecosystems Services flagship project includes a series of linked research sub-projects to guide adaptation planning across the region. These sub-projects will consider how climate change impacts the region’s fisheries, community health, socioeconomics and community and First Nations values whilst reviewing policy instruments to accommodate climate change. Collectively, this project identifies opportunities to help communities be more climate resilient. This project identifies the benefits provided by the environment and establishes those that community and First Nations recognise as the most critical to maintain under climate change.
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The project brings together linked research sub-projects to establish the values of the region, and how they may be impacted under climate change. This will help to direct management and decision-making to prioritise resources with regard to the values of the region. This knowledge will assist with climate adaptation planning by community, First Nations and research-users.
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The project brings together linked research sub-projects to establish the values of the region, and how they may be impacted under climate change. This will help to direct management and decision-making to prioritise resources with regard to the values of the region. This knowledge will assist with climate adaptation planning by community, First Nations and research-users.
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First Nations culture and traditions are rooted within an ancient historical connection with country and countless generations of studying their local environment as a way of life. First Nations traditional ways of life, including land and water management, sustainable harvesting, and the conservation of local species can provide vital perspectives into the ways we manage the lands and waters into the future.
This project assists in documenting the values and priorities of First Nations people in the CLLMM region. First Nations culture and values are founded upon historical connection with the land and waters. With disruption to this resulting from colonisation, and further disruption to occur with climate change predictions, there is a responsibility to help preserve the values of the world's oldest living culture against the coming changes. the knowledge recorded from the project will facilitate future planning and management projects. Undertaking this project serves to connect First Nations priorities, perspectives and knowledge to future management decisions and research projects.
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