
129Climate Change and Its Effect on Ecosystems
percentage of funding would you justify to protect ecosystems?
What funding items would you omit in order to address climate
change, despite extreme pressure from public-interest groups?
5. In order of priority, which natural resources would you deem most
important to protect if you were a land manager and your funding
was limited?
6. If you were a resource manager for a national government, how
would you allocate future budgets to accommodate climate change
and why?
7. If you were a key political gure in your country’s government, what
would be your agenda on climate chang ...