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This project has been initiated by the BC
Agriculture Council’s Climate Action Initiative
(CAI) to address the priorities identified in
the BC Agriculture Climate Change Action Plan. The
Action Plan is intended to guide the agriculture sector
in adapting to a changing climate and mitigating
greenhouse gas emissions.
The Action Plan is available at:
www.BCAgClimateAction.ca
This project involved contributions from many people
in different capacities from its early stages through to
its completion. The project management team assisted
in developing, guiding and executing the project: Dr.
David Connell (University of Northern BC), Jennifer
Pouliotte (BC Ministry of Environment) and Allen
James (BC Agriculture Council). In addition, Dr.
Connell played a key role in developing the focus
group design and providing background research.
Rachelle Beveridge assisted with background
research, focus groups, analysis of the interviews and
development of Chapter 4 of the Provincial Report.
Lauren Klose helped with background research and
materials for the focus groups.
An Advisory Committee guided the project from
conceptual stages through research design and
production of the final reports: Allen James, BC
Agriculture Council; Ted Van der Gulik, Sean Darling,
Ian McLachlan, Orlando Schmidt, Jennifer Curtis
and Linda Wilson, BC Ministry of Agriculture;
Thomas White, Jennifer Pouliotte and Celine Davis,
BC Ministry of Environment; Denise Neilsen, Scott
Smith and Doug Edwards, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada; Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada; and
Tom Pedersen, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
Trevor Murdock and the Pacific Climate Impacts
Consortium provided their assistance, support and
technical advice. Input was provided by Markus
Schnorbus (PCIC), Ellen Pond (UBC-CALP),
Livia Bizikova (IISD), Dave Trotter (BC Ministry
of Agriculture) and Ngaio Hotte (SFU-ACT).
Christopher Kay (BC Ministry of Agriculture)
provided copy-editing.
Many agricultural organizations around the
province (and their hard-working staff) assisted in
communicating with their members about the project.
A number of individual producers and Ministry of
Agriculture staff assisted by providing feedback on the
provincial draft and the snapshot report drafts.
Thank you as well to the many agricultural producers
and Ministry of Agriculture specialists who
participated in the interviews and focus groups.
Without the producers, who volunteered and took
time away from their operations to participate, this
study would not have been possible.
The results of this project will be applied to two
new Climate Action Initiative projects in 2012–2013.
The On-Farm Adaptation Practices project will
explore appropriate farm level adaptation practices
for BC agriculture. The Regional Agricultural
Adaptation Strategies project will pilot a collaborative
adaptation planning process involving local and
regional government and the agriculture industry
organizations as partners.
Agriculture Council’s Climate Action Initiative
(CAI) to address the priorities identified in
the BC Agriculture Climate Change Action Plan. The
Action Plan is intended to guide the agriculture sector
in adapting to a changing climate and mitigating
greenhouse gas emissions.
The Action Plan is available at:
www.BCAgClimateAction.ca
This project involved contributions from many people
in different capacities from its early stages through to
its completion. The project management team assisted
in developing, guiding and executing the project: Dr.
David Connell (University of Northern BC), Jennifer
Pouliotte (BC Ministry of Environment) and Allen
James (BC Agriculture Council). In addition, Dr.
Connell played a key role in developing the focus
group design and providing background research.
Rachelle Beveridge assisted with background
research, focus groups, analysis of the interviews and
development of Chapter 4 of the Provincial Report.
Lauren Klose helped with background research and
materials for the focus groups.
An Advisory Committee guided the project from
conceptual stages through research design and
production of the final reports: Allen James, BC
Agriculture Council; Ted Van der Gulik, Sean Darling,
Ian McLachlan, Orlando Schmidt, Jennifer Curtis
and Linda Wilson, BC Ministry of Agriculture;
Thomas White, Jennifer Pouliotte and Celine Davis,
BC Ministry of Environment; Denise Neilsen, Scott
Smith and Doug Edwards, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada; Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada; and
Tom Pedersen, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
Trevor Murdock and the Pacific Climate Impacts
Consortium provided their assistance, support and
technical advice. Input was provided by Markus
Schnorbus (PCIC), Ellen Pond (UBC-CALP),
Livia Bizikova (IISD), Dave Trotter (BC Ministry
of Agriculture) and Ngaio Hotte (SFU-ACT).
Christopher Kay (BC Ministry of Agriculture)
provided copy-editing.
Many agricultural organizations around the
province (and their hard-working staff) assisted in
communicating with their members about the project.
A number of individual producers and Ministry of
Agriculture staff assisted by providing feedback on the
provincial draft and the snapshot report drafts.
Thank you as well to the many agricultural producers
and Ministry of Agriculture specialists who
participated in the interviews and focus groups.
Without the producers, who volunteered and took
time away from their operations to participate, this
study would not have been possible.
The results of this project will be applied to two
new Climate Action Initiative projects in 2012–2013.
The On-Farm Adaptation Practices project will
explore appropriate farm level adaptation practices
for BC agriculture. The Regional Agricultural
Adaptation Strategies project will pilot a collaborative
adaptation planning process involving local and
regional government and the agriculture industry
organizations as partners.
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