Sustainable forest management
Webinar: Using Climate Data & Models in Forest Management
Learn about the opportunities and challenges associated with forest management and climate change, with a focus on how climate models can be used to visualise and support the development of long-term adaptation and mitigation strategies in forest environments to address climate risks.
Webinar: Quantifying the Adaptive Capacity of Tree Species and Implications for Silviculture
Recent evidence indicates that the migration rate of tree species will not be sufficient to follow their suitable climate under climate change scenarios. Accordingly, research interests now focus on the capacity of local tree populations to persist in place and cope with the expected environmental change in the next decades, i.e. their adaptive capacity. This webinar gives an overview of an approach to quantify the adaptive capacity of Canadian tree species based on four axes of adaptation.
Webinar: How Might Climate Change Affect Forest Growth And What Can We Do About It?
In this webinar, learn how might climate change affect forest growth and what can we do about it?
A Tool For Understanding Climate Change Impacts On British Columbia Forest Operations
The CVFM tool shows the historical and projected trends for climate indicators identified to be most related to climate events that impact forest operations. The tool graphically highlights differences in climate indicators between regions, lists which climate indicators are linked to forest operations activities, and provides examples of adaptive changes to forest operations.
Conservation Forestry – Careful Use of Canada’s Forest Resources
This report highlights the many ways that conservation serves as a core principle of sustainable forest management in Canada, so that forests will remain healthy and resilient and continue to support and enrich the lives of Canadians for many generations.
Responding to Climate Change in National Forests: A Guidebook for Developing Adaptation Options
This guidebook contains science-based principles, processes, and tools necessary to assist with developing adaptation options for national forest lands. The adaptation process is based on partnerships between local resource managers and scientists who work collaboratively to understand potential climate change effects, identify important resource issues, and develop management options that can capitalize on new opportunities and reduce deleterious effects.
Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers 2nd Edition
This second edition of the Forest Adaptation Resources provides a collection of resources designed to help forest managers incorporate climate change considerations into management and devise adaptation tactics. The ideas, tools, and resources presented in the different chapters are intended to inform and support existing decision-making processes of multiple organizations with diverse management goals.
Adapting Forestry Programs for Climate Change
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Area has undertaken a comprehensive study into the impacts of climate change on tree planting and forest management, and the ways in which these programs might be adapted for climate change.
USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry: Implementation Plan and Progress Report
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this report catalogues the progress made over the past year to help farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners respond to and help mitigate climate change, and provides new details on the Department's framework for helping farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners respond to climate change.
Climate Change and Sustainable Forest Management in Canada: A Guidebook for Assessing Vulnerability and Mainstreaming Adaptation in to Decision Making
This guidebook was among the products delivered through this initiative. It provides practical guidance to aid forest practitioners in applying the CCFM approach to vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning for sustainable forest management. It provides step-by-step details about how to complete vulnerability and adaptation assessments and includes easy-to-follow worksheets and examples from sustainable forest management adaptation assessments already completed in Canada.