A simple-to-use management approach to boost adaptive capacity of forests to global uncertainty

Aquilué, Núria; Messier, Christian; Martins, Kyle T.; Dumais-Lalonde, Véronique; Mina, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118692

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“…For example, increasing disturbances can compromise important ecosystem services (Thom and Seidl 2016), including substantial decreases in the carbon storage potential of Europe's forests (Seidl et al 2014;Collalti et al 2019). Invasive exotic pests and diseases, facilitated by both climatic changes and increasing global trade, threaten biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems (Aquilué et al 2021). Seidl et al (2018) estimate that 10% of the carbon stored in Europe's forests is at risk from the effects of five detrimental alien pests.…”

Section: Global Change Pressures Forest Health and Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Closer-to-Nature Forest Management

Larsen¹,

Angelstam²,

Bauhus³

et al. 2022

From Science to Policy

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The report benefited from the helpful comments from three external reviewers, Fernando Valladares from the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Janez Potočnik, ThinkForest President and co-chair of the International Resource Panel, and an anonymous reviewer. We wish to express our thanks for their insights and comments that helped to improve the report, and acknowledge that they are in no way responsible for any remaining errors.Closer-to-Nature Forest Management 3. Use adaptive management as a way to tackle uncertainties: We need to regularly monitor forest responses to management interventions, evaluate these responses and adjust management strategies accordingly.A similar adaptive approach is urgently required to evaluate the impact of policy measures and support mechanisms proposed to encourage adoption of Closer-to-Nature Forest Management. Not a quick-fix, long-term measures are needed:The introduction of Closer-to-Nature Forest Management is not a 'quick-fix' and policy makers must provide long-term and consistent support measures to encourage forest managers and other stakeholders to adopt this strategy. Support for forest owners for training and application of the strategy is key. Review existing subsidy and taxation regimes for private owners:Convincing private owners to follow this approach will require the creation of schemes that reward them for providing ecosystem services. Closer-to-Nature Forest Management has the potential to support biodiversity, adapt forests to climate change and provide ecosystem services to a higher level than conventional forest management. There is an urgent need to review existing subsidy and taxation regimes affecting private forestry, and to consider how these might be changed to further the uptake of Closer-to-Nature Forest Management. Develop and use new technologies and tools:There is a need to harmonize monitoring systems and to develop and use new technologies and tools (GIS, GPS and remote sensing) to ease management of these more diverse and structure-rich forests.Finally, there are still some uncertainties about the effect of certain elements of Closer-to-Nature Forest Management on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health, and how they will affect other ecosystem services including wood production under different management conditions throughout Europe. This calls for more collective learning, experimentation and research.

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Section: Global Change Pressures Forest Health and Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Closer-to-Nature Forest Management

Larsen¹,

Angelstam²,

Bauhus³

et al. 2022

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“…In rapporto a questa variabilità ecofisiologica e alle differenti strategie di risposta, una selvicoltura adattativa OCS può essere pensata come quella che cerchi di integrare, fra i criteri di scelta colturale, la dimensione della diversità funzionale. In particolare, proponendosi: (i) d'interpretare e dare un peso alla diversità dei tratti adattativi delle specie arboree sulla base della variabilità micro-ambientale, tenendo anche conto della prospettiva del cambiamento climatico; (ii) di procedere con scelte colturali che promuovano la diversità funzionale nella data situazione stazionale e nelle specifiche condizioni del popolamento (Aquilué et al 2021).…”

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“…Di fronte ai fenomeni OCS, si tratta peraltro di passare dalla prospettiva di una foresta ad alta ricchezza specifica, che potrebbe rivelarsi funzionalmente debole e incapace di fronteggiare il disturbo, ad una foresta, come proposto nel paragrafo precedente, che sia ad alta ricchezza funzionale (Aquilué et al 2021). In questo senso, una selvicoltura adattativa va configurata come una selvicoltura di sistema e di copertura che miri a: un alto grado di di diversità strutturale e d'integrazione funzionale; alla promozione dei processi di rinnovazione gamica e al sostegno dei processi di autorganizzazione; al rispetto di livelli minimi di consistenza in termini di biomassa; a valorizzare gli effetti "lascito e ritenzione", ecc.…”

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Drought and heat waves, cues for an adaptive silviculture

Borghetti¹,

Colangelo²,

Ripullone³

et al. 2021

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Drought and heat waves, cues for an adaptive silvicultureWe propose some ideas for an adaptive silviculture in the Mediterranean biogeographic region that could assist in shaping forests which are less vulnerable to extreme climatic events, such as those drought and heat waves that are expected to be more intense and frequent in the future. We discuss about silvicultural approaches that would aim to: regulate competition and densitydependent effects; enhance functional diversity; increase the complexity of forest communities. These approaches are especially advisable in the Mediterranean region, which is a hotspot for climate change and where forests have been exploited for many centuries and are only recently taking advantage of a recovery phase.

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“…Big Data, Decision Support System-DSS). Especially, forest managers need reliable and science-based tools to support planning decisions in the face of the uncertainty of global environmental changes (Aquilué et al 2021).…”

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“…However, this study is specifically emphasised on how to incorporate the technical applications of RS with decision-making management procedures. Meanwhile, the purpose of this study is to fill this crucial knowledge gap in practice through a mix of literature review, analysis of RS technology data, and expert knowledge (Chen, Morozov, and Chen 2019;Halme, Pellikka, and Mottus 2019;Houa et al 2019;Lossou, Owusu-Prempeh, and Agyemang 2019;Chen, Morozov, and Chen 2019;Chen, Kuo, Hsieh, and Chen 2020 ;Giuntoli et al 2020;Lechner, Foody, and Boyd 2020;Aquilué et al 2021;Blondeel et al 2021). Therefore, the key purpose of this study is to utilise RS Big Data's diversified characteristics and technology to solve the long-term forest monitoring issues in Taiwan, including complicated terrain conditions, diverse and mixed plant species that led to increase the difficulty of the investigation, as well as the consumption of enormous times, manpower, and money in the survey, etc.…”

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A decision support system for Taiwan’s forest resource management using Remote Sensing Big Data

Wang

Lin

Chu

et al. 2021

Enterprise Information Systems

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This study aims to incorporate the application of RS technology with management strategies and proposes the Remote Sensing Knowledge-Based Decision Support System (RS-KBDSS) framework. It is not only focusing on considering RS technology for discussing the accuracy of estimation but also conducting strategic thinking that is needed for keeping the inventory and monitoring task running by obtaining knowledge and decision support. This study offers more flexible and accurate estimation models for different resolution images and different kinds of models. The results obtained by the study is satisfied with the practical application.

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A simple-to-use management approach to boost adaptive capacity of forests to global uncertainty

Cited by 28 publications

References 65 publications

Closer-to-Nature Forest Management

Closer-to-Nature Forest Management

Drought and heat waves, cues for an adaptive silviculture

A decision support system for Taiwan’s forest resource management using Remote Sensing Big Data

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