Mitigation needs adaptation: Tropical forestry and climate change |
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Authors: | Manuel R. Guariguata Jonathan P. Cornelius Bruno Locatelli Claudio Forner G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Center for International Forestry Research, P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta, 10065, Indonesia;(2) Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, P.O. Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia;(3) CIRAD UPR Forest Resources, Montpellier, France, and Global Change Group, CATIE, 7170 Turrialba, Costa Rica;(4) Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Martin Luther King St., 8 53175 Bonn, Germany;(5) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada |
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Abstract: | The relationship between tropical forests and global climate change has so far focused on mitigation, while much less emphasis has been placed on how management activities may help forest ecosystems adapt to this change. This paper discusses how tropical forestry practices can contribute to maintaining or enhancing the adaptive capacity of natural and planted forests to global climate change and considers challenges and opportunities for the integration of tropical forest management in broader climate change adaptation. In addition to the use of reduced impact logging to maintain ecosystem integrity, other approaches may be needed, such as fire prevention and management, as well as specific silvicultural options aimed at facilitating genetic adaptation. In the case of planted forests, the normally higher intensity of management (with respect to natural forest) offers additional opportunities for implementing adaptation measures, at both industrial and smallholder levels. Although the integration in forest management of measures aimed at enhancing adaptation to climate change may not involve substantial additional effort with respect to current practice, little action appears to have been taken to date. Tropical foresters and forest-dependent communities appear not to appreciate the risks posed by climate change and, for those who are aware of them, practical guidance on how to respond is largely non-existent. The extent to which forestry research and national policies will promote and adopt management practices in order to assist production forests adapt to climate change is currently uncertain. Mainstreaming adaptation into national development and planning programs may represent an initial step towards the incorporation of climate change considerations into tropical forestry. |
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Keywords: | Climate change Adaptation Tropical forests Tropical tree plantations Natural forest management |
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