Jim Perry

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About Jim Perry

World Heritage and climate change, environmental policy, capacity development, higher education, environmental management, water quality • Teaching o Water quality and natural resources, graduate and undergraduate levels (2 classes) Explores water quality decision making around the world. View water quality as an ecosystem service managed at the watershed scale; examine landscapes, stakeholders and the decisions controling water quality o Introduction to fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology Interdisciplinary class taking a case-study approach to decision making. Asking What decisions are made in this field, by whom, what uncertainty faces those decision makers? o Machu Picchu and the Amazon: climate change and the city of the gods, World Heritage sites are globally significant, unique, valued by all humankind, but subject to climate change and other human influences. We the plants and animals of the Amazon. reflect on the spirituality of Machu Picchu and ask what risks climate change poses to World Heritage sites and what adaptation options society has. o Coral reef management, Freshman Seminar in Belize focuses on coral reefs and the values they offer society. We discuss fish, plants and other animals, and decisions humans make about them. Our field work in Belize studies the Barrier Reef. • Research & Writing The Adaptive Watershed: Training for watershed-based adaptation and management o Climate change adaptation in natural World Heritage sites: A practical guide. UNESCO, Paris Ecosystem management: concept to local scale application UNEP Nairobi Global training program in ecosystem management for UNEP o Heritage and climate change: loss, adaptation and creativity. Routlege o Water policy in Minnesota: issues, incentives and action.