Terrestrial Climate Change Resilience - ACE [ds2738]

Terrestrial Climate Change Resilience, Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE), version 3.0.

The Terrestrial Climate Change Resilience dataset is one of the four key components of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE) suite of terrestrial conservation information along with terrestrial Biodiversity, Connectivity, and Significant Habitats. Here, the Terrestrial Climate Change Resilience dataset displays the probability that a given location within California may function as refugia from climate change, summarized by ACE hexagon. These are areas relatively buffered from the effects of climate change, where conditions will likely remain suitable for the current array of plants and wildlife that reside within a hexagon, and where ecological functions are more likely to remain intact. Conserving refugia is an important part of adaptation planning and a means of building resilience to climate change. The Terrestrial Climate Resilience data set is expected to be used along with other ACE datasets to provide a robust spatial assessment of the presence and relative importance of elements important for biodiversity conservation.