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Climate change agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources : report to Congressional requesters
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- Administrative agencies--United States--Rules and practice.
- Administrative agencies.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Other Title:
- Agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal land and water resources
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] U.S. Govt. Accountability Office [2007]
- 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
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Includes bibliographical references
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version United States Government Accountability Office Climate change CIS 2007 J942-321
- Print version United States Government Accountability Office Climate change
- Publisher Number:
- CMP-2007-GAO-0240
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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