Marshall, N.A.Marshall, P.A.Tamelander, J.Obura, D.2019-09-252019-09-252010-10-222010-069782831712000http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/175692"In this publication we describe how managers, communities and reef-based industries can “manage for climate resilience” through the maintenance of properties that confer resilience (Adger 2006; Dessai and Hulme 2007; Smith 1997). Managing for resilience enables resource managers to design strategies that can enhance conservat ion outcomes whi l e simultaneously supporting the sustainability of reefdependent industries and communities. We outline here a framework for understanding the vulnerability of communities and marine-based industries to climate change, both through direct effects and through impacts on ecosystem goods and services. An understanding of vulnerability provides the foundation for developing strategies that can help people adapt to climate change by allowing policy makers and managers to anticipate and minimise the social and economic impacts of management decisions. They can also play an active and crucial role in helping reef-dependent people anticipate and prepare for the impacts of climate change. With this approach, policy makers and managers can hope to build the resilience of the ecosystem, as well as the people who depend on it, to future challenges such as climate change. This publication is intended as a practical resource for coral reef and other tropical marine ecosystem managers, policy makers, conservation practitioners, academics, business and otherresource user communities, government employees, reef users and scientists in tropical coastal regions. We draw on the most up-to-date thinking on adaptation planning and resilience. We have aimed to provide enough background information for context and sufficient evidence to support broad management decisions. However, this publication is not an exhaustive literature review; readers interested in a more detailed understanding of the issues are referred to the cited literature." (p. 3)Pages: 36engWith permission of the license/copyright holderclimate ethicsclimate changesustainabilityenvironmental protectionresiliencevulnerabilityEnvironmental ethicsBiodiversity ethicsBook