Climate change : agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources : report to Congressional requesters

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Climate change : agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources : report to Congressional requesters

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agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources : report to Congressional requesters

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Agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources

Creator

• United States, Government Accountability Office.
• United States, Government Accountability Office

Subject

• Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- United States
• Climatic changes -- United States
• Administrative agencies -- United States -- Rules and practice
• United States, Environmental Protection Agency -- Rules and practice
• Climatic changes -- United States
• Administrative agencies -- United States -- Rules and practice

Genre

• Rules and practice

Language

eng

Summary

According to experts at the GAO workshop, federal land and water resources are vulnerable to a wide range of effects from climate change, some of which are already occurring. These effects include ... 1. physical effects such as droughts, floods, glacial melting, and sea level rise; 2. biological effects, such as increases in insect and disease infestations, shifts in species distribution, and changes in the timing of natural events; and 3. economic and social effects, such as adverse impacts on tourism, infrastructure, fishing, and other resources uses. Experts also identified several challenges that resource managers face in addressing the observed and potential effects of climate change in their management and planning efforts. In particular, BLM, FS, FWS, NOAA, and NPS have not made climate change a priority and the agencies' strategic plans do not specifically address climate change

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FDA

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federal national government publication

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• illustrations
• maps

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non fiction

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bibliography