Conservation organizations that preserve biologically important areas are rethinking their strategy, as climate change alters the physical landscape, reports The New York Times.

Environmental groups now must grapple with questions such as should they try to prevent the shift of ecosystems focus on preserving areas least likely to change? Should they nmve species from one locale to a more suitable one, as climate changes?

In addition to considering the impact of climate change on current conservation projects, conservationists are wondering how already preserved lands will be impacted as temperature and sea level rise.

“It’s turning conservation on its head,” notes Bill Stanley, director of the global climate change initiative at the Nature Conservancy.