保護區的經營管理單位常面對許多挑戰，諸如資源匱乏、外來入侵種、盜獵以及以發展之名而來的威脅等，但現在要面對比以往更大、更嚴峻的問題卻是氣候變遷，因為氣候變遷對保護區居於生態保育關鍵角色帶來了真實且艱鉅的挑戰。
Protected area managers face enormous challenges: a lack of resources, invasive species, poaching, and development to name to just a few. Now along comes a threat that is bigger than all the previous ones and interacts with most of them. Climate change is real and an enormous challenge to our very understanding of the role of protected areas, humanity’s key conservation tool.
世界自然保育聯盟（International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, IUCN）世界保護區委員會（World Commission on Protected Areas, WCPA）於2017年3月1日發布《保護區調適氣候變遷實用準則》（Adapting to Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines）一書，共有九章，提供調適氣候變遷的相關策略與方法，有一系列應用在不同狀況的實用案例，提供給經營管理者與規劃者參考，歡迎下載。（下載點：https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/PAG-024.pdf）
此書是IUCN「保護區最佳實用準則叢刊」（Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series）的最新出版品。
取自：《Adapting to Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines》圖1.2.
取自：《Adapting to Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines》圖6.2.
取自：《Adapting to Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines》圖7.2.
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