Pacific RISCC Report: When Invasive Species & Climate Change Intersect
Dates
Publication Date
2021
Citation
Brewington L, Burgett J, Martin C, Kerkering H, Arnott C. 2021. When Invasive Species and Climate Change Intersect: Survey of Hawaiʻi Natural Resource Managers. Honolulu: The Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network.
Summary
This report summarizes the findings from a survey of natural resource managers in Hawaiʻi to establish a baseline assessment of concern about the influence of climate change on invasive species management, compare their access to and understanding of existing downscaled climate information for the state, and identify barriers to success in incorporating climate change into management practices. The survey (Appendix) was adapted from a similar survey instrument developed by the Northeast RISCC (see Beaury et al. 2020) and was exempt from Human Subjects Approval requirements by the East-West Center Institutional Review Board (IRB). The survey was distributed online through Hawaiʻi listservs and partners from December 2019 to January [...]
Summary
This report summarizes the findings from a survey of natural resource managers in Hawaiʻi to establish a baseline assessment of concern about the influence of climate change on invasive species management, compare their access to and understanding of existing downscaled climate information for the state, and identify barriers to success in incorporating climate change into management practices. The survey (Appendix) was adapted from a similar survey instrument developed by the Northeast RISCC (see Beaury et al. 2020) and was exempt from Human Subjects Approval requirements by the East-West Center Institutional Review Board (IRB). The survey was distributed online through Hawaiʻi listservs and partners from December 2019 to January 2020, with 59 respondents. The Pacific RISCC is using the survey results to identify tailored research opportunities on these two drivers of ecosystem change that will aid in the development and implementation of climate-adaptive management practices in Hawaiʻi and the USAffiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) region.
