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Climate change adaptation – scenarios for vulnerability assessment

8 Jun 2015

The long-term sustainability of these Canada’s forest sector to consider how new social natural assets, and their benefits to Canadians, expectations, new technologies and changes in are being influenced by numerous interacting urban lifestyles may affect the global demand for factors including climate change. [...] Unfortunately there is no crystal ball that allows accurate prediction of Canadian One key conclusion of that work was that there the future at the level of detail required for forest Forest Service are several potential climate-driven tipping points management planning and operations. [...] Pine trees affected by Mountain Pine Beetle (Photo: NRCan) Working under the broad umbrella of the CCFM's Exploring the likely impacts of global changes can Climate Change Task Force, David and Kendra, assist forestry practitioners seeking to adapt their along with other federal, provincial, and territorial management activities to respond more colleagues, undertook a major project to review the s [...] David concludes, “The ultimate goal the vulnerability of sustainable forest management of our work and our report is to make scenarios in the 21st century (report forthcoming at more understandable and accessible to forestry ; please email practitioners and managers working at operational, David Price or Kendra Isaac for more information on managerial and policy- [...] In short, climate scenarios provide projections of the Researchers: long-term trends and changes in temperature, David Price (David.
environment climate change forests economics sustainability global warming climate change adaptation science and technology natural resources forest management canada forestry social sciences ecosystem forest alberta vulnerability land resources effects of global warming sustainably boreal forest of canada change consequences of climate change
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