Presentation by Linda Nagel to introduce the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center Workshop held January 12-14, 2016
Presentation by Linda Nagel to introduce the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center Workshop held January 12-14, 2016
This presentation by Terry Sunderland from CIFOR focuses on the evolution of REDD+ over time, how REDD+ can present a new hope for conservation, what risks and challenges surface, where CIFOR's current REDD+ projects are located and what the key issues are.
Presentation by Linda Nagel to introduce the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center Workshop held January 12-14, 2016
This presentation by Terry Sunderland from CIFOR focuses on the evolution of REDD+ over time, how REDD+ can present a new hope for conservation, what risks and challenges surface, where CIFOR's current REDD+ projects are located and what the key issues are.
On 22 May, 2020, the International Day of Biological Diversity, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) hosted an online event to discuss how we can translate the global ambition around nature-based solutions for climate change into local action.
This is a presentation given by Chip Cunliffe, sustainable development director at AXA XL.
More details: https://www.iied.org/nature-based-solutions-for-climate-change-global-ambition-local-action
Methodological Framework for AssessingVulnerability to Climate Change by IPCCHILLFORT
IPCC Climate vulnerability Assessment procedure. The presentation was a part of College Assignment. I am thankful to ITPI journal where I got the topic for the same. The reference is:
Methodological Frameworks for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change. Written by Rekha S Nair and Dr. Alka Bharat.
Institute of Town Planners, India Journal 8 - 1, 01 - 15, January - March 2011
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Forest restoration: national plan, MMA actions lines and a zoom in Atlantic F...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentations explains the national plan concerning forest restoration in Brazil, how they built it, how to motivate society and several strategies to make it a success.
Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and carbon: The case for REDD+?CIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Robert Nasi.
Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and carbon: The case for REDD+?
Oaxaca Workshop Forest Governance, Decentralisation and REDD+ in Latin America and the Caribbean,
31 August – 03 September 2010, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Forests and Climate Change: Linking Adaptation and MitigationCIFOR-ICRAF
There are two approaches to combating climate change, adaptation and mitigation, and forests can contribute to both. Too often these two approaches are treated as separate strategies. In this presentation, titled “Forests and Climate Change: Linking Adaptation and Mitigation”, CIFOR and CIRAD scientist Bruno Locatelli explains the possible synergies between adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management in Montenegro, SN…Franc Ferlin
This document has been drafted within the national working group (consisting of Alija Bralic, Zehra Demic, Blazo Jokanovic, Dragan Markovic, Kenan Pepic, Dragan Terzic, Joveta Terzic, and Zarko Vucinic) and harmonized by Milosav Anđelić, assistant minister, under my expert guidelines, facilitation and preparation of consolidated final text for publishing. The document has also been endorsed by the Minister (in 2012) as a regulation / rulebook, based on the Forest law. The monograph published in Montenegrin and English.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Progress on Ethiopia’s REDD+ Program: REDD+ Readiness and Current Initiatives...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by National REDD+ Secretariat (Ethiopia) on 28 August 2019 at "Fire Trends in Ethiopia in the Context of REDD+ and FLR Investments" Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland
On 22 May, 2020, the International Day of Biological Diversity, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) hosted an online event to discuss how we can translate the global ambition around nature-based solutions for climate change into local action.
This is a presentation given by Chip Cunliffe, sustainable development director at AXA XL.
More details: https://www.iied.org/nature-based-solutions-for-climate-change-global-ambition-local-action
Methodological Framework for AssessingVulnerability to Climate Change by IPCCHILLFORT
IPCC Climate vulnerability Assessment procedure. The presentation was a part of College Assignment. I am thankful to ITPI journal where I got the topic for the same. The reference is:
Methodological Frameworks for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change. Written by Rekha S Nair and Dr. Alka Bharat.
Institute of Town Planners, India Journal 8 - 1, 01 - 15, January - March 2011
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Forest restoration: national plan, MMA actions lines and a zoom in Atlantic F...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentations explains the national plan concerning forest restoration in Brazil, how they built it, how to motivate society and several strategies to make it a success.
Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and carbon: The case for REDD+?CIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Robert Nasi.
Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and carbon: The case for REDD+?
Oaxaca Workshop Forest Governance, Decentralisation and REDD+ in Latin America and the Caribbean,
31 August – 03 September 2010, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Forests and Climate Change: Linking Adaptation and MitigationCIFOR-ICRAF
There are two approaches to combating climate change, adaptation and mitigation, and forests can contribute to both. Too often these two approaches are treated as separate strategies. In this presentation, titled “Forests and Climate Change: Linking Adaptation and Mitigation”, CIFOR and CIRAD scientist Bruno Locatelli explains the possible synergies between adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management in Montenegro, SN…Franc Ferlin
This document has been drafted within the national working group (consisting of Alija Bralic, Zehra Demic, Blazo Jokanovic, Dragan Markovic, Kenan Pepic, Dragan Terzic, Joveta Terzic, and Zarko Vucinic) and harmonized by Milosav Anđelić, assistant minister, under my expert guidelines, facilitation and preparation of consolidated final text for publishing. The document has also been endorsed by the Minister (in 2012) as a regulation / rulebook, based on the Forest law. The monograph published in Montenegrin and English.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Progress on Ethiopia’s REDD+ Program: REDD+ Readiness and Current Initiatives...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by National REDD+ Secretariat (Ethiopia) on 28 August 2019 at "Fire Trends in Ethiopia in the Context of REDD+ and FLR Investments" Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland
Unique info about videostreaming compression in iOS from our the best iOS specialist Vladimir Predko. He's ready to answer all your questions! Go ahead!
Loyalty is more than just a program it is becoming a vehicle for brand philosophy. The new breed of successful loyalty programs go beyond perks to build impactful emotional connections with customers. Unparalleled customer loyalty begins and ends with the quality of your relationships with customers.
Dr. Linda Nagel presents specific concepts and tools to inform management of natural resources under climate change, and to incorporate adaptation strategies into silvicultural decision-making, at the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) Workshop for the Northern Rockies.
Forests and Climate Change: New Approaches for Adaptation and Carbon ManagementMaria Janowiak
Forestry and natural resource professionals are increasingly looking for information on the anticipated effects of climate change on ecosystems, as well as potential management options for responding to these changes. At the same time, the inability to know exactly what will happen in the future can create significant barriers for incorporating new information into management planning and project implementation. The Climate Change Response Framework (www.forestadaptation.org), has developed a structured approach that enables managers to integrate climate change considerations into real-world management activities. This approach, which includes the Adaptation Workbook, assists managers in creating management plans, projects, and prescriptions that enhance the ability of forests and other ecosystems to adapt, while simultaneously working to achieve the management goals associated with a particular piece of land.
The Adaptation Workbook has been used by hundreds of natural resource professionals to generate site-specific adaptation actions that meet explicit management and conservation objectives. To date, more than 200 adaptation demonstration projects have been developed on public, tribal, and private lands. This presentation will provide an overview of the Adaptation Workbook and other resources that have been developed through the Framework and describe adaptation efforts that are underway. This network of projects allows us to see concerns, barriers, and opportunities common across many projects and identify characteristics of adaptation projects that are well-poised to increase the ability to adapt to future conditions. Additionally, new resources are in development that extend this approach beyond traditional forest management to new topics, including urban forestry, management of forested watershed and water resources, and carbon management.
Danielle Shannon (Michigan Technological University and NIACS), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at Antioch University New England, Keene, NH on April 4-5, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and Trout Unlimited.
Details at www.forestadaptation.org/water
Danielle Shannon (Michigan Technological University and NIACS), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Details at www.forestadaptation.org/water
Integrating Climate Change and Forest AdaptationMaria Janowiak
Presentation to University of Maine Climate Change Institute, April 2018.
Abstract: More and more information is becoming available about how forests and other
ecosystems may change in response to a warmer and changing climate, but it can be
challenging to integrate this information into real-world management plans and
activities. This seminar will discuss adaptation as a growing field of science and
applications of adaptation approaches, highlighting the USDA Climate Adaptation
Workbook (adaptationworkbook.org/), with on-the-ground examples like the Adaptive
Silviculture for Climate Change (forestadaptation.org/ascc) national experiment.
Chris Swanston gave this invited presentation at the 2017 Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene Symposium.
The Forest Service recognizes that climate change poses a multi-generational challenge that spans borders, transcends unilateral solutions, and demands shared learning and resources (USDA Forest Service 2011). The Climate Change Response Framework (CCRF, www.forestadaptation.org) grew from this recognition, and was formally launched in 2009 to address the major challenges that land managers face when considering how to integrate climate change into their planning and management. Practitioners whose livelihoods and communities depend on healthy forests face daunting challenges when responding to rapid forest decline or preparing for future change, particularly tribal natural resources professionals and tribal communities (Vogesser et al. 2013). Emphasizing climate services support for these rural communities can help them build adaptive capacity in their cultural and economic systems, often considered fundamental to environmental justice. Supporting climate-informed decision-making by these practitioners and communities requires climate service organizations to show up, listen, and then creatively work with practitioners to meet their own goals on the lands they manage. The emphasis of the CCRF on stewardship goals, as opposed to climate change and its effects, represents a subtle but important shift in focus to people and their values.
Presentation from the 2015 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference by Maria Janowiak. Climate change creates substantial uncertainty about the future, but it is certain that there will be substantial effects on natural ecosystems. This session will help to begin a discussion of how climate change information can be integrated
into conservation activities in Connecticut, with an emphasis on terrestrial ecosystems and land management.
Through a workshop with land trusts and conservation organizations, we discussed key climate change impacts and ways to enhance the ability of ecosystems to cope with changing conditions.
Presentation given by Maria Janowiak to the the Hudson to Housatonic (H2H) Conservation Initiative for the H2H Conservation in a Changing Climate workshop on December 11, 2014.
Linh Hoang, USDA Forest Service Region 1 Climate Change Coordinator, presents the 2012 Planning Rule and how practical applications are needed to translate climate information into climate-informed management, at the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) Workshop for the Northern Rockies.
This presentation by Prof Heila Sisitka, provides an overview of a range of Climate Change Adaptation strategies relevant to Trans-frontier Conservation Areas in Southern Africa. It covers a range of focus areas, including land & water management; species management, monitoring and planning activities, law and policy, and community-based ecosystem adaptation.
Handout created by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Vermont Coverts, and Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation for woodland owners in Vermont.
The Keep Forests Healthy scorecard can help you assess how resilient your forest may be to changing climate conditions. Consider the condition of your woods and check the appropriate boxes during a woods walk in your forest. The evaluation can help you identify potential risks and highlight management options that may increase the forest's ability to cope with the pressure of changing conditions. Discuss these topics with a professional as you plan for the future of your forest.
Handout created by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, the Forest Climate Change Initiative at the University of Maine, and the Forest Stewards Guild for woodland owners in Maine
Climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with many changes expected by the end of the 21st century. Forests vary widely, and not all forests are equally at risk; vulnerabilities are strongly influenced by regional differences in climate impacts and adaptive capacity. Further, as an increasing amount of scientific information on forest vulnerability to climate change becomes available, natural resource managers are searching for ways to realistically use this information to meet specific management needs, ranging from landscape-level planning and coordination to on-the-ground implementation.
Forest Ecology and Management Webinar Series - August 13, 2019
Workshop at UConn in June 2018.
Foresters and natural resource professionals face a tremendous challenge: how can we develop and implement management actions that help ecosystems respond to climate change? New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and partners are dedicated to the sustainability of our region’s forested landscape and are providing this workshop to help foresters learn more about climate-informed silviculture.
This session:
Reviewed current and anticipated effects of climate change on Connecticut’s forests;
Described resources and tools that can be used to integrate climate change into forest management practices;
Offered communication strategies to help landowners and clients understand the importance of this type of management;
Showed real-world examples of adaptation actions.
Overview of Climate Change Adaptation Concepts presented at the 2018 Michigan Wetlands Association "Adapting Wetlands to Climate Change" workshop, hosted by NIACS.
Land Trust Alliance Rally, November 2017.
Land trust activities are constantly changing to accommodate new challenges and issues, and it’s becoming increasingly important to develop and implement conservation activities that consider the challenges of a changing and uncertain climate. This fast-paced, dynamic workshop will lead participants through a five-step process to consider how climate change will affect their lands and conservation goals. This “climate change filter” will then be used to identify actions that enable forest ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions. The session will also identify strategies to engage woodland owner networks in these important stewardship activities, including climate change communication to key audiences and stakeholders.
Presentation by Kyle Jones, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, at the New England Society of American Forester's 2017 Annual Winter Meeting.
Wesley Daniel (of Michigan State University), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI). Details at www.forestadaptation.org/water.
Randy Lehr (Northland College), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Dale Higgins (Forest Service), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Dennis Todey (of USDA ARS and USDA Midwest Climate Hub), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Joseph Shannon (of Michigan Technological University), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Andrew Rypel (of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
Stephen Handler (Forest Service, and NIACS), presented at the Adapting Forested Watersheds to Climate Change Workshop, at The Waters, Minocqua, WI on March 15-16, 2017. The workshop was hosted by the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), USDA Climate Hubs, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).
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The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
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holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
The increased availability of biomedical data, particularly in the public domain, offers the opportunity to better understand human health and to develop effective therapeutics for a wide range of unmet medical needs. However, data scientists remain stymied by the fact that data remain hard to find and to productively reuse because data and their metadata i) are wholly inaccessible, ii) are in non-standard or incompatible representations, iii) do not conform to community standards, and iv) have unclear or highly restricted terms and conditions that preclude legitimate reuse. These limitations require a rethink on data can be made machine and AI-ready - the key motivation behind the FAIR Guiding Principles. Concurrently, while recent efforts have explored the use of deep learning to fuse disparate data into predictive models for a wide range of biomedical applications, these models often fail even when the correct answer is already known, and fail to explain individual predictions in terms that data scientists can appreciate. These limitations suggest that new methods to produce practical artificial intelligence are still needed.
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Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
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spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
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optics at visible wavelengths.
2. Adaptation and Mitigation = Synergistic
Mitigation Adaptation
Sequester Carbon in Trees,
Forests, and Products
Conserve Carbon Stocks
Strengthen Adaptability of Forest-
Dependent Communities
Create Better-Adapted Forests
Mitigation
Modified from FAO 2010
3. Adaptation and Mitigation Defined
ADAPTATION
• Adjustment of human or natural systems in response to
climate change
– Position forests to become more healthy, resistant, &
resilient
– Facilitate ecosystem responses to climate change
when appropriate
MITIGATION
• Human activities to reduce the effects of climate change
by reducing sources and enhancing sinks of greenhouse
gases
4. What actions can be taken to
enhance the ability of a system to
cope with change
and
meet goals and objectives?
7. Option #1 – Resistance
Improve the defenses of the forest against anticipated changes or
directly defend the forest against disturbance in order to maintain
relatively unchanged conditions
• Short-term
• High-value
Millar et al. 2007, 2008
9. Option #2 – Resilience
Accommodate some degree of change, but encourage a return to a
prior condition after disturbance
Millar et al. 2007, 2008
Photo: USFS
14. Forest Adaptation Resources
Adaptation Workbook
Strategies & Approaches
Menu of adaptation actions
Swanston and Janowiak 2012;
www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543
• Structured process to
integrate climate
change considerations
into management
Workbook approach
15. Swanston and Janowiak 2012: www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543, Janowiak et al. 2014
1. DEFINE area of
interest, management
objectives, and time
frames.
2. ASSESS climate
change impacts and
vulnerabilities for the
area of interest.
3. EVALUATE
management
objectives given
projected impacts and
vulnerabilities.
4. IDENTIFY and
implement adaptation
approaches and
tactics .
5. MONITOR and
evaluate effectiveness
of implemented
actions.
Identifying Adaptation Tactics
16. Swanston and Janowiak 2012: www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543, Janowiak et al. 2014
1. DEFINE area of
interest, management
objectives, and time
frames.
2. ASSESS climate
change impacts and
vulnerabilities for the
area of interest.
3. EVALUATE
management
objectives given
projected impacts and
vulnerabilities.
4. IDENTIFY and
implement adaptation
approaches and
tactics .
5. MONITOR and
evaluate effectiveness
of implemented
actions.
Vulnerability
assessments,
scientific literature,
and other resources
Identifying Adaptation Tactics
17. Swanston and Janowiak 2012: www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543, Janowiak et al. 2014
1. DEFINE area of
interest, management
objectives, and time
frames.
2. ASSESS climate
change impacts and
vulnerabilities for the
area of interest.
3. EVALUATE
management
objectives given
projected impacts and
vulnerabilities.
4. IDENTIFY and
implement adaptation
approaches and
tactics.
5. MONITOR and
evaluate effectiveness
of implemented
actions.
Vulnerability
assessments,
scientific literature,
and other resources
Adaptation
Strategies and
Approaches
Identifying Adaptation Tactics
18. Forest Adaptation Resources
• 10 strategies, 40 approaches
• Result of literature review & expert
feedback and review
• Provides a “menu” of possible
actions to choose from based upon
your needsSwanston and Janowiak 2012;
www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543
Strategies & Approaches
Menu of adaptation actions
22. Adaptation Strategies
1: Sustain fundamental ecological functions
2: Reduce the impact of existing biological stressors
3: Protect forests from severe fire and wind disturbance
4: Maintain or create refugia
5: Maintain and enhance species and structural diversity
6: Increase ecosystem redundancy across the landscape
7: Promote landscape connectivity
8: Enhance genetic diversity
9: Facilitate community adjustments through species
transitions
10: Plan for and respond to disturbance
34. Least
Projected
Change
Most
Projected
Change
Activity #2
CSIRO (B1) CSIRO (A1B) HAD (A1B) MIROC (A1B) MIROC (A2)
In this activity you will use your silvicultural
expertise to illustrate how climate change and
uncertainty may affect stand-level
management for specific ecosystems or forest
types
35. Activity #2
As a group, select a forest type or ecosystem to work in
1) Create and describe a hypothetical
management situation
– Conditions: Location, site
conditions, species composition,
stand structure, disturbance history
and susceptibility, etc.
– Typical management: Management
goals and objectives, common
practices
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2
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36. Activity #2
As a group, select a forest type or ecosystem to work in
2) Identify important climate change
considerations
– Anticipated effects on various
forest components
– Characteristics that
increase/reduce vulnerability
3) Identify challenges or
opportunities for meeting
management goals under climate
change
1
2
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37. Maps/data for this section courtesy of R. Neilson and MAPSS Vegetation Modeling Lab
To help think about climate change in your region
Precipitation change (summer and winter)
Temperature change (summer and winter)
Activity #2
38. Activity #2
What actions can be taken to enhance the
ability of the area to adapt to anticipated
changes and meet management goals?
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2
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39. Activity #2
What actions can be taken to enhance the ability of
the area to adapt to anticipated changes and meet
management goals?
Where are you working and what
are your forest management goals?
Forest:
Location and conditions:
Current management:
What climate change impacts
create challenges or opportunities
for meeting these goals?
What actions would you
recommend to enhance the ability
of forests to adapt?
Adaptation Tactics:
1)
2)
3)
40. Swanston and Janowiak 2012: www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/40543, Janowiak et al. 2014
Identifying Adaptation Tactics
1. DEFINE area of
interest, management
objectives, and time
frames.
2. ASSESS climate
change impacts and
vulnerabilities for the
area of interest.
3. EVALUATE
management objectives
given projected impacts
and vulnerabilities.
4. IDENTIFY and
implement adaptation
approaches and tactics.
5. MONITOR and
evaluate effectiveness
of implemented
actions.