Climate change and Canada’s forests: from impacts to adaptation
Based on the work of the forestry authors of the Canadian national assessment, this report summarizes the current state of knowledge of current and future impacts of climate change and its implications for forest management. Innovative research and knowledge exchange are essential for Canada’s forest industry as it adapts to a changing climate.
Some general recommendations for beginning to address climate change in Canada’s forest sector include enhancing the capacity to undertake integrated assessment of vulnerabilities to climate change at various scales; increasing resources to monitor the impacts of climate change; increasing resources for impacts and adaptation science; reviewing forest policies, forest planning, forest management approaches, and institutions to assess our ability to achieve social objectives under climate change; embedding principles of risk management and adaptive management into forest management; and maintaining or improving the capacity for communicating, networking, and information sharing with the Canadian public and within the forest sector.