Maintain adaptive fire, water and disaster contingency plans

Create an operational contingency plan for extreme events capable of removing a large share of a threatened population. The plan should define monitoring indicators, escalation thresholds, responsible organizations, communications, safe access, emergency water or refuge measures, rescue criteria, backup populations and post-event assessment.

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Working Group II report documents the need for anticipatory and adaptive responses as climate risks increase. Plans must reflect the ecology of the species and local disturbance regime. For example, fire can be necessary in one ecosystem and catastrophic in another.

A written plan is insufficient without drills, permissions, equipment, recurring finance and revision after events. Emergency intervention should also avoid disease transmission and unnecessary handling.