Species & Climate Change Models

This project builds off of species models developed in a previous Conservation International project called Spatial Planning for Conservation in Response to Climate Change, or SPARC. SPARC gave us global models of change-driven shifts for over 17,000 species of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles. SPARCLE takes these models to demonstrate land use plans that

• Prioritize where conservation will remain effective as the climate changes

• Integrate Natural Climate Solutions to mitigate carbon emissions

• Avoid placing infrastructure where it may conflict with future species movement or ecological value

• Ultimately, our work aims to make land use tradeoffs visible and navigable for long-term planning. 
  Explore the application below, or visit: https://sparc-apps.shinyapps.io/species_query/.

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For more information, please explore The SPARC Methods Manual