Managing Forest for Climate change

1. Agriculture and Forestry University
Faculty of Forestry
GRADUATE SEMINAR
Climate Change and Impacts
on Natural Resources
31 Aug 2019 Hetauda
Managing Forest for Climate change
Presenter
Divesh Shrestha
Roll no : 6
M.Sc. Forestry

2. Introduction
• Climate change in IPCC usage refers to a change in the state of the climate that
can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the
variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically
decades or longer.
• Forest management is the process of planning and implementing practices for
the stewardship and use of forests and other wooded land aimed at achieving
specific environmental, economic, social and/or cultural objectives. (FAO, Global
Forest Resources Assessment 2005)
• Forests, when sustainably managed, can have a central role in climate change
mitigation and adaptation. (FAO, 2010). The IPCC Third Assessment Report
(TAR) concluded that the forest sector has a biophysical mitigation potential of
5,380 MtCO/yr on average up until 2050. In Nepal the Forest constitute 176.95
t/ha of the total carbon stock. (DFRS, 2016)

3. Objectives
• To explore the role of forest and different management activities for the
climate change.

4. Methodology
• Secondary data
- Different literatures, journals & thesis reports
- Other related materials from different sources

5. Finding and Discussion
FAO, 2010

6. Finding and Discussion Contd…
 IUCN’s support for climate change action at UNFCCC COP23 and
beyond:
• Initiating and Supporting international efforts to combat forest loss and
degradation, including those under the New York Declaration on Forest to
have global natural forest loss by 2020, and end it by 2030.
• Driving the restoration of 150 million hectares of degraded landscapes and
forest land by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030 through the Bonn
challenge and related regional initiatives.
• Expanding Protected areas, including indigenous, privately owned and
community conservation areas, in ways that enhance the landscapes
resilience and stabilise and store carbon.

7. Finding and Discussion Contd…
 Afforestation, reforestation and Increase tree Outside Forest
• Planted forests today cover around 264 million hectares and absorb an
estimated 1.5 giga tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year.
(FAO, 2010)
• On average, a planted forest in a temperate
zone can sequester about 4 tonnes of
carbon per hectare each year. (FAO, 2010)
• The contribution of trees outside forests to
climate change mitigation can be increased by
promoting agroforestry systems and urban forestry.
(FAO, 2010)

8. Finding and Discussion Contd…
 Silviculture Practice
• Specific management practices – e.g.
silvicultural treatments, species
selection, modification of rotation cycles,
can be adopted to enhance forest carbon
stocks. (FAO, 2010)
• Community Forest management
• Scientific Forest Management
• Removal of old tress remaining some of
them as mother trees
• Promotion of the Regeneration.
(SFM, 2071)
(Anwar, 2001)

9. CONTD…
 Conserve carbon stocks in forests
• sustainable practices of forest management and use;
• integrated fire management;
• management of forest health and vitality;
• management of forest biodiversity;
• management and extension of protected areas. (FAO, 2010)

10. CONCLUSION
• Forest are much more than timber and much more than carbon. Forests
can be net sinks or net sources of carbon, depending on their age, health
and susceptibility to wildfires and other disturbances.
• Forestry can make a very significant contribution to a low-cost global
mitigation portfolio that provides synergies with adaptation and sustainable
development.
• Traditional and/or existing techniques in forestry including planting,
regeneration, thinning and harvesting are fundamental for implementation
of mitigation options such as afforestation, reforestation, and forest
management.

11. Recommendation
• Sustainable Forest Management should be practice for managing
the forest.
• The development of suitable low-cost technologies will be
necessary for promoting adaption and mitigation options for the
developing countries.
• Climate change issues should be included in the different
operational plan of forest management.

12. References
• DFRS (2016). Forest Resources Assessment (2010-2014). Department of Forest
Research and Survey, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• FAO, 2006a: Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. Progress towards
sustainable forest management. FAO Forestry Paper 147, 320 pp.
• FAO, 2010: Managing forest for the Climate Change.
• IPCC, 2001: Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. A Contribution of Working Groups
I, II, and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change [Watson, R.T. and the Core Writing Team (eds.)]. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and New York, NY, USA, 398 pp.