Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
Climate
change
is
affecting
or
will
affect
the
lives
of
every
resident
New
York
State.
This
chapter
examines
impacts
climate
on
five
critical
areas
in
state:
populations
and
migration,
economy,
education,
culture,
government.
The
highlights
differential
vulnerabilities
among
state's
regions,
populations,
workers,
businesses,
paying
particular
attention
to
issues
equity
environmental
justice.
Forests,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
9(6), P. 296 - 296
Published: May 25, 2018
Emerald
ash
borer
(EAB)
is
an
invasive
beetle
that
kills
native
North
American
species,
threatening
their
persistence.
A
classical
biological
control
program
for
EAB
was
initiated
in
2007
with
the
release
of
three
specialized
parasitoids.
Monitoring
changes
health
and
regeneration
where
biocontrol
agents
have
been
released
critical
assessing
success
predicting
future
to
component
forests.
We
sampled
plots
across
southern
Michigan
over
a
three-year
period
measure
recruitment
begin
long-term
impact
on
populations.
noted
reduced
mortality
larger
trees
between
2012
2015
compared
increases
diameter,
but
our
results
were
otherwise
inconsistent.
Ash
generally
higher
highly
variable
among
sites,
suggesting
some
protection
saplings
from
by
conclude
likely
positive
effect
populations,
study
duration
not
long
enough
definitively
deduce
this
region.
AMBIO,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(5), P. 1110 - 1122
Published: Jan. 15, 2022
Global
environmental
and
societal
changes
threaten
the
cultures
of
indigenous
peoples
local
communities
(IPLC).
Despite
importance
IPLC
worldviews
knowledge
to
sustaining
human
well-being
biodiversity,
risks
these
cultural
resources
are
commonly
neglected
in
governance,
part
because
impacts
can
be
indirect
therefore
difficult
evaluate.
Here,
we
investigate
connectivity
values
associated
with
relationship
Ngātiwai
(a
New
Zealand
Māori
tribe)
have
their
environment.
We
show
that
mapping
architecture
values-environment
relationships
enables
assessment
how
deep
into
culture
change
or
policy
cascade.
Our
results
detail
loss
access
key
elements
could
potentially
extensive
direct
cascading
on
Ngātiwai,
including
responsibilities.
Thus,
considering
only
effects
resources,
treating
social-ecological
relations
simplistically,
severely
underestimate
threats
cultures.
Journal of Forestry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
121(5-6), P. 480 - 487
Published: June 24, 2023
Abstract
The
introduced
emerald
ash
borer
(EAB)
represents
the
costliest
invasive
forest
insect
in
US
history,
causing
significant
mortality
of
species
across
much
eastern
North
America
as
well
Colorado
and
Oregon.
Few
surviving
overstory
trees
exist
areas
first
invaded
by
EAB,
such
Lake
States
region;
however,
forests
with
healthy,
mature
remain
recently
regions,
northeastern
United
States.
Given
importance
to
cultural
lifeways
Indigenous
peoples
ecology
economies
working
lands,
there
is
growing
interest
applying
protection
measures
maintain
forested
settings.
We
further
develop
our
call
for
preservation
presenting
Western
science
case
studies
ongoing
efforts
mitigate
impacts
illustrating
specific
applications
these
strategies
meeting
different
goals
lowland
northern
hardwood
America.
Study
Implications:
threatens
functionally
eliminate
from
large
portions
Although
EAB
are
now
widespread
many
areas,
States,
Northeast,
still
contain
ash.
This
presents
a
unique
opportunity
apply
integrated
pest
management
knowledge
gained
other
regions
preserve
ecological
values
provided
forest.
Multistakeholder
partnerships
built
around
preserving
have
powerful
approach
sustaining
into
future.
