ecosystem vulnerability profile. ecosystem resources vulnerability profile what values and benefits...
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Ecosystem Vulnerability Profile
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Ecosystem Resources Vulnerability Profile
• What values and benefits do natural resources provide?
• What natural resources are exposed to current and future stressors?
• What vulnerabilities exist?
• What can we do about it?
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Protective Functions
• Storm Buffering
• Flood Protection
• Erosion Control
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Economic and Societal Value
• Water Quality
• Wildlife Habitat
• Food Production
• Recreation
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What ecosystem resources are exposed?
• Wetlands
• Water supply, quality
• Resources for subsistence livelihoods
• Beaches, natural areas
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What ecosystem vulnerabilities exist?
• Exposure and sensitivity to land development practices
• Habitat fragmentation
• Human uses
• Exposure to hazards and hazardous materials
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Public Safety and Social Services
• Why Should I care?
• Hazardous spills = public safety issue
• Mangroves and salt marsh provide protective functions to reduce flooding
• Less development in the floodplain = less people and property at risk
• Livelihoods, economic, health and cultural benefits
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Infrastructure
• Why should I care?
• Services: Water supply, quality, stormwater management, energy
• Conserved areas = Less infrastructure in harms way
• Protective functions
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Planning and Development
• Why should I care?
• Provides for green infrastructure approach
• Flood protection
• Quality of life
• Water quality
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Environment, Culture, Recreation
• Why should I care?
• Economic, recreational, and cultural values
• Protective functions
• Biodiversity
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Example Actions
• Include hazard and vulnerability information in hazardous facilities permitting process
• Add flood and stormwater considerations to impervious surface evaluations
• Conserve high ecosystem value lands for habitat migration
• Purchase land located in floodways and floodplain
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Your Charge
• Identify main concerns about the County’s ecosystem vulnerabilities and sustainability challenges to current and future stressors
• Identify how existing decision-making processes can improve concerns
• Identify actions to address these concerns