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Commander’s Guide to Climate Adaptation for DoD Natural Resource Managers

  • Stein, B.A., D.M. Lawson, P. Glick, and C.M. Wolf
  • Sep 22, 2020
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This guide is designed to help military leadership understand how climate impacts to DoD natural resources can pose risks to training and testing capabilities. Based on the more detailed publication Climate Adaptation for DoD Natural Resource Managers, the guide includes a set of key questions for commanders to help them ensure that climate concerns are addressed in natural resource planning and management as means of enhancing installation resilience and maintaining military readiness.

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