Climate Change Adaptation for Land Protection

Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change Through Local Conservation Efforts Rubinoff, P, C. Rubin, D. Robadue, J. Riccitelli, C. Collins, D. Robadue, C. Damon, K. Ruddock, P. August, C. Chaffee, E. Horton-Hall, and A. Ryan 1 December 2013

This document reports on the results from the collaborative work of individuals from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography and the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, The South Kingstown Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. The contributions of the South Kingstown Land Trust were invaluable as they shared their experience and insights on land trust conservation as the foundation for then applying a climate change “lens.”