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This story map describes how climate change is transforming the region; how land changes and urbanization are affecting the area; and how land managers can improve the resilience of these lands to changing conditions. It was a collaboration between USGS and USFS, based largely on work done for the Cape Romain Partnership for Coastal Conservation and the Francis Marion National Forest Management Plan.
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Coastal ecosystems offer substantial natural benefits to local people and wildlife. They serve as protective buffers from storms and provide food, clean water, and recreational opportunities for humans as well as critical habitat for fish and wildlife. Many of these coastal areas also preserve a rich historical and cultural heritage. Coastal communities facing global change can help maintain or increase resiliency by improving the region’s adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity is the ability to prepare for environmental and social stressors in advance, in a way that is responsive to constant change. The greater the adaptive capacity of a system, the more resilient it is to disturbances like sea-level rise, tropical...
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