Video: Conservation portfolios for climate adaptation - Daniel Schindler, University of Washington
07/01/10 16:38
In this video,
Daniel Schindler of the
University of Washington discusses his research on
ecosystem changes in response to climate change
and the importance of heterogeneity. Schindler
is a fisheries ecologist who works on a wide
range of topics, especially with salmonids and
plankton in the Pacific Northwest of the North
America.
Schindler’s work has
documented shifts in aquatic seasonal behavior in
lakes and rivers in fish and species such as
copepods as well as relative changes in the
richness of fish stocks (i.e., the same species of
fish but from different populations), and he’s
woven a compelling story about how these
observations are connected to shifts in climate
over a multi-decade scale and how we should respond
to these changes. He is a great example of how to
connect great science with solid climate-resilient
policy implications.
This footage was captured directly after Schindler spoke in early November 2009 at the 4th annual WWF Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium. This event was titled “Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate,” and the goal was to provide a state-of-the-science review of climate impacts on freshwater systems, challenges to freshwater ecosystem conservation, the role of adaptation in water management, and build a platform for the development of an adaptation based conservation agenda. A brief video on this site of Jim Jarvie with Mercy Corps is also taken from the Fuller Symposium.
This footage was captured directly after Schindler spoke in early November 2009 at the 4th annual WWF Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium. This event was titled “Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate,” and the goal was to provide a state-of-the-science review of climate impacts on freshwater systems, challenges to freshwater ecosystem conservation, the role of adaptation in water management, and build a platform for the development of an adaptation based conservation agenda. A brief video on this site of Jim Jarvie with Mercy Corps is also taken from the Fuller Symposium.
Daniel Schindler at the 2009 Fuller Symposium from John Matthews on Vimeo.
