This business plan provides the rationale for developing an Environmental Change Network for the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative. This plan will illustrate important potential uses of the network and its data and show how these uses will increase the efficiency and efficacy of adaptation planning and implementation efforts. We will demonstrate how the value of the network will be greater if implemented sooner. We also show how the proposed network will integrate with larger scale efforts currently ongoing at the national level and how it can also inform smaller scale efforts at local levels. The specific objectives of this business plan are to:
• Provide a rational for the further development and implementation of a CA ECN• Provide a general implementation framework• Assist potential sponsoring and collaborating organizations in making decisions about their support for CA ECN
Some elements will require further consideration and negotiation, but this plan provides sufficient information to proceed to initiate fundraising and discussions of technical specification needed for implementation.
