strategy
Anticipating environmental crises
Synonyms:
Predicting environmental crisesPredicting ecological disasters
Context:
Ecosystems change, including species composition and population abundance. Hence, management should adapt to the changes. Apart from their inherent dynamics of change, ecosystems are beset by a complex of uncertainties and potential "surprises" in the human, biological and environmental realms. Traditional disturbance regimes may be important for ecosystem structure and functioning, and may need to be maintained or restored. The ecosystem approach must utilize adaptive management in order to anticipate and cater for such changes and events and should be cautious in making any decision that may foreclose options, but, at the same time, consider mitigating actions to cope with long-term changes such as climate change. Broader:
PredictingAnticipating crisesForecasting environmental changeDeveloping early warning disaster systems Narrower:
Predicting environmental impact of short and long-term perturbationsDetecting Earth-crossing asteroids Facilitates:
Reducing risk of ecoaccidentsPreserving ecological diversityReducing environmental surprisesCoping with unpredictable ecological disastersProtecting against environmental discontinuitiesEnsuring a healthy environmentMaintaining healthy ecosystems Facilitated by:
Predicting man-made disasters Problems:
Unforeseen environmental crisesSubjects:
Geography → EcologySocietal Problems → Emergencies
Environment → Environment
Policy-making → Future
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
