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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dr. Grizelle González
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Forest Service
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#28742E">International Institute of Tropical Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">p: 787-764-7800
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-PR" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Ceiba St.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gould, William A -FS
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2015 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> FS-pdl iitf all<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ahenareh@mtu.edu; brent_murry@fws.gov; ik.pares@gmail.com; kaseyrjacobs@caribbeanlcc.org; Gamaliel-Thinkamap (gamalielpagan@thinkamap.com); Víctor M. Cuadrado; chechiasp@gmail.com; Jose M. Garcia Pena (jose.garcia20@upr.edu)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Caribbean Climate Sub Hub Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability for Agriculture and Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear IITF Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The USDA Caribbean Climate Sub Hub has released an initial assessment of vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for tropical forestry and agriculture in the U.S. Caribbean. This is part of a series of assessments produced by the regional
climate hubs in their first year of operation (available here: <a href="http://climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/content/regional-vulnerability-assessments">
http://climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/content/regional-vulnerability-assessments</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Caribbean assessment as an important first step in understanding the potential impact of climate change on various sectors in agriculture and forestry in the region - and how important vulnerabilities to climate change are relative
to other ecological, social and economic forces that govern the productivity of agriculture and forestry.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The report and our new awareness of issues will serve as a guide for future efforts of the Hub. Thanks to the coauthors for all their great efforts!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BG<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">William A. Gould, Research Ecologist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Leader, USDA Caribbean Climate Sub Hub <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Conservation Cooperative<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#28742E">International Institute of Tropical Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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f: 787-766-6302 <br>
<a href="mailto:wgould@fs.fed.us"><span style="color:#336633;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">wgould@fs.fed.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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