Conservation activities that do not explicitly consider and integrate climate change information and best practice adaptation increase the risk of short or long-term failure. As more extreme and frequent weather events occur, conservationists need innovative intervention approaches to speed up progress in this challenging space.
This is why we developed the Adaptation Catalogue for Conservation (AdaptLog): an online, searchable repository of conservation interventions for climate adaptation.
With over 400 global interventions for species and ecological communities that explicitly consider climate change, the catalogue showcases practical examples demonstrating how conservation management can succeed in the face of climate impacts. It provides conservation managers, governments and practitioners with options for on-ground action in the face of climate change.
Why a catalogue?
AdaptLog focuses on conservation activities that directly and explicitly consider climate change. This approach to conservation is less established and has fewer on-ground examples of implementation, meaning people working in conservation often have to start from scratch. With AdaptLog, they can now explore and learn from other adaptation initiatives that may suit their needs saving time, money and effort.
What information is included?
The details for each intervention in the catalogue include:
- the target of the intervention (i.e. species, taxon, family, ecological community, biome)
- a description and categorisation of the intervention itself (category, maturity, further reading, location, implementation guidance and decision support)
- the threat that was abated through the intervention, either:
- an environmental factor such as drought where exposure is reduced through the intervention
- other threats indirectly related to climate change for which the intervention contributes to reducing
sensitivity or increasing adaptive capacity such as habitat loss, introduced predators, or disease.