Template for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Management Options (TACCIMO)
TACCIMO is a Web-based assessment and reporting tool that makes the connection between climate change science and forest planning information. A collaborative effort between Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center researchers and National Forest System Southern Region planners and land managers—TACCIMO offers concise, credible, reproducible access to existing and emerging climate change science and tools for public and private natural resource management decisions in a changing climate.
TACCIMO contains Web-based tools for quickly developing climate impact assessments.
TACCIMO uses a database of climate change forecasts, direct ecosystem impacts, and management options to generate customized reports that aid with forest planning and management. Users can choose issues of interest such as biodiversity, forest pests, forest land conversion, prescribed fire, recreation, and wildfire. Based on user-defined selections, TACCIMO links direct and indirect effects of climate change with possible management options for lessening climate change impacts in targeted U.S. geographic regions. TACCIMO also allows users to explore future climate projections and related geospatial information through an integrated mapping tool. The TACCIMO experience culminates in an exportable report that documents climate change science and climate forecasts (including maps and figures) and provides interpretive guidance.
TACCIMO delivers current, relevant information to a range of users.
TACCIMO users can generate reports, create maps, and explore peer-reviewed climate change science based on individual information and documentation needs. A variety of users, including Federal and state agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and private landowners can use TACCIMO for land management and planning activities. For Federal land managers and Forest Service planners in particular, TACCIMO helps deliver the best available science which fits within the National Environmental Policy Act process. TACCIMO can be used for land management plan revision, environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, and identification of reasonable alternatives. TACCIMO databases and literature are continually updated and expanded as new knowledge and science emerge and information needs change.
TACCIMO includes resources for training and assistance.
In addition to a detailed user guide, TACCIMO provides case studies and quick-start guides with basic instructions for navigating the tools and resources, generating reports, and using its mapping tools.
For more information: www.forestthreats.org/tools/taccimo
