Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under Climate Change

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Natural Heritage at Risk by Climate Change

      • Sven Rannow, Marco Neubert, Lars Stratmann

      Pages 3-13Open Access

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3. Climate Change and Potential Impacts in Central and Eastern Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Climate Change in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Ivonne Anders, Judith Stagl, Ingeborg Auer, Dirk Pavlik

      Pages 17-30Open Access

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   3. Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrological Cycle in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Judith Stagl, Elisabeth Mayr, Hagen Koch, Fred F. Hattermann, Shaochun Huang

      Pages 31-43Open Access

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   4. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Protected Habitats

      • Anca Sârbu, Georg Janauer, Ingolf Profft, Mitja Kaligarič, Mihai Doroftei

      Pages 45-60Open Access

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4. Tools and Concepts for Climate Change Adapted Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Climate Change Impact Modelling Cascade – Benefits and Limitations for Conservation Management

      • Katrin Vohland, Sven Rannow, Judith Stagl

      Pages 63-76Open Access

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   3. Indicators for Monitoring Climate Change-Induced Effects on Habitats – A Wetlands Perspective

      • Jadwiga Sienkiewicz, Apolonia Ostrowska, Katrin Vohland, Lars Stratmann, Mateusz Grygoruk

      Pages 77-94Open Access

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   4. Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Potential Climate-Induced Impacts on Habitats

      • Michael Förster, Marc Zebisch, Iris Wagner-Lücker, Tobias Schmidt, Kathrin Renner, Marco Neubert

      Pages 95-113Open Access

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   5. Assessment of Climate-Induced Impacts on Habitats

      • Iris Wagner-Lücker, Michael Förster, Georg Janauer

      Pages 115-134Open Access

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   6. Legal Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation

      • Moritz Gies, Juliane Albrecht, Jadwiga Sienkiewicz

      Pages 135-158Open Access

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   7. A Methodical Framework for Climate Change-Adapted Management in Protected Areas

      • Christian Wilke, Sven Rannow

      Pages 159-172Open Access

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5. Approaches to Adapt Management to Impacts of Climate Change in Selected Areas

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   2. Monitoring Concept of Climate-Induced Impacts on Peat Bog Vegetation in Pokljuka Plateau in Triglav National Park, Slovenia

      • Tina Petras

      Pages 175-184Open Access

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   3. Concept for the Monitoring of Climate Induced Impacts on Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Triglav National Park, Slovenia

      • Tina Petras

      Pages 185-195Open Access

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   4. Suggested Management Measures for Natura 2000 Habitats in Körös-Maros National Park, Hungary

      • Ákos Malatinszky, Szilvia Ádám, Eszter Falusi, Dénes Saláta, Károly Penksza

      Pages 197-207Open Access

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   5. Climate-Induced Challenges for Wetlands: Revealing the Background for the Adaptive Ecosystem Management in the Biebrza Valley, Poland

      • Mateusz Grygoruk, Urszula Biereżnoj-Bazille, Michał Mazgajski, Jadwiga Sienkiewicz

      Pages 209-232Open Access

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   6. Habitat Changes Caused by Sea Level Rise, Driven by Climate Change in the Northern Adriatic Coastal Wetlands, Slovenia

      • Mitja Kaligarič, Danijel Ivajnšič

      Pages 233-242Open Access

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Beginning with an overview of data and concepts developed in the EU-project HABIT-CHANGE, this book addresses the need for sharing knowledge and experience in the field of biodiversity conservation and climate change. There is an urgent need to build capacity in protected areas to monitor, assess, manage and report the effects of climate change and their interaction with other pressures. The contributors identify barriers to the adaptation of conservation management, such as the mismatch between planning reality and the decision context at site level. Short and vivid descriptions of case studies, drawn from investigation areas all over Central and Eastern Europe, illustrate both the local impacts of climate change and their consequences for future management. These focus on ecosystems most vulnerable to changes in climatic conditions, including alpine areas, wetlands, forests, lowland grasslands and coastal areas. The case studies demonstrate the application of adaptation strategies inprotected areas like National Parks, Biosphere Reserves and Natural Parks, and reflect the potential benefits as well as existing obstacles. A general section provides the necessary background information on climate trends and their effects on abiotic and biotic components. Often, the parties to policy change and conservation management, including managers, land users and stakeholders, lack both expertise and incentives to undertake adaptation activities. The authors recognise that achieving the needed changes in behavior – habit – is as much a social learning process as a matter of science-based procedure. They describe the implementation of modeling, impact assessment and monitoring of climate conditions, and show how the results can support efforts to increase stakeholder involvement in local adaptation strategies. The book concludes by pointing out the need for more work to communicate the cross-sectoral nature of biodiversity protection, the value of well-informed planning in thelong-term process of adaptation, the definition of acceptable change, and the motivational value of exchanging experience and examples of good practice.

• biodiversity
• climate adaptation
• conservation biology
• conservation management
• nature conservation
• climate change
• Fish and Wildlife Biology
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban & Regional Development, Dresden, Germany

  Sven Rannow, Marco Neubert

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