Naslov
Role of Forest Management in Fighting Climate Change – Forest Management Work Group Report

Autori
Böttcher, Hannes ; Barbeito, Ignacio ; Reyer, Christopher ; Vilen, Terhi ; Tijardovic, Martina ; Rafailova, Elena ; Aleksandrov, Neno

Izvornik
Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute (1795-150X) 135 (2009); 39-54

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
climate change; adaptive forest management; impacts; mitigation
(change; adaptive forest management; impacts; mitigation)

Sažetak
Climate change and forests are intrinsically linked. On the one hand, changes in global climate are already stressing forests through higher mean annual temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and more frequent and extreme weather events. On the other hand, growing forests store carbon dioxide and may play an important role in mitigating climate change. However, when degraded or removed, forests turn into additional sources of carbon dioxide. Forests are managed for various purposes. Aims of management vary depending on forest owner objectives, region or country and also over time. Managing forests for climate change adaptation and mitigation purposes is a quite recent aim in forest management and faces many challenges. Some of them are discussed in this report. Timing of forest management under climate change is very important. Decisions made now will affect forests many decades into the future. Thus, it is important for managers to take into account how forests may respond to future climatic conditions. The future climate at specific locations and times is very uncertain. Even less clear is the picture of how organisms will respond to that, how fast they will adapt. Consequently, management actions to address climate change must be flexible in a way that they do not compromise forest productivity and sustainable production of all forest services.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Šumarstvo

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