How can the forest sector mitigate climate change in a changing climate? Case studies of boreal and northern temperate forests in eastern Canada

Moreau, Lucas; Thiffault, Évelyne; Cyr, Dominic; Boulanger, Yan; Beauregard, Robert

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“…resulting from increased harvests (Lundmark et al 2014;Rüter et al 2016;Matsumoto et al 2016;Valade et al 2018;Seppälä et al 2019;Kalliokoski et al 2020;Soimakallio et al 2021;Jonsson et al 2021;Skytt et al 2021;Hiltunen et al 2021;Moreau et al 2022). If the product portfolio remains stable (i.e.…”

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“…In that context, a more nuanced analysis of wood substitution is required to better capture and depict changes in substitution effects following shifts in forest management and ensuing changes in the harvest compositions. Thus, more detailed substitution effect breakdowns are needed in assessments integrating forest eco-and technosystems, to advance over the more aggregated analysis of substitution effects resulting from changed forest management in the studies of, e.g., Cintas et al (2017), Skytt et al (2021), or Moreau et al (2022). The system perspective (EC 2021) further requires inclusion of temporal considerations for which methodological approaches of life cycle assessment (LCA) (ISO 2006a(ISO , 2006b including time dynamic effects (also referred to as time-dependent effects) are appropriate and established methods (Ericsson et al 2013;Levasseur et al 2013;Hammar et al 2019;EC 2021;Hiltunen et al 2021).…”

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Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects

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Climate change mitigation trade-offs between increasing harvests to exploit substitution effects versus accumulating forest carbon sequestration complicate recommendations for climate beneficial forest management. Here, a time dynamic assessment ascertains climate change mitigation potential from different rotation forest management alternatives across three Swedish regions integrating the forest decision support system Heureka RegWise with a wood product model using life cycle assessment data. The objective is to increase understanding on the climate effects of varying the forest management. Across all regions, prolonging rotations by 20% leads on average to the largest additional net climate benefit until 2050 in both, saved emissions and temperature cooling, while decreasing harvests by 20% leads to the cumulatively largest net climate benefits past 2050. In contrast, increasing harvests or decreasing the rotation period accordingly provokes temporally alternating net emissions, or slight net emission, respectively, regardless of a changing market displacement factor. However, future forest calamities might compromise potential additional temperature cooling from forests, while substitution effects, despite probable prospective decreases, require additional thorough and time explicit assessments, to provide more robust policy consultation.

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“…In some projects, the study area covered most of the commercial forest study area ) whereas others focused on smaller regions projected to experience specific climate-induced vulnerabilities (e.g., Splawinski et al 2019a, c, Cyr et al 2021, Moreau et al 2022. (2021), Leblond et al (2022).…”

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A regional integrated assessment of the impacts of climate change and of the potential adaptation avenues for Quebec's forests

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Regional analyses assessing the vulnerabilities of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change are key to consider the heterogeneity of climate change impacts but also the fact that risks, opportunities and adaptation capacities might differ regionally. Here we provide the Regional Integrated Assessment of climate change on Quebec’s forests, a work that involved several research teams and that focused on climate change impacts on Quebec’s commercial forests and on potential adaptation solutions. Our work showed that climate change will alter several ecological processes within Quebec’s forests. These changes will result in important modifications in forest landscapes. Harvest will cumulate with climate change effects to further alter future forest landscapes which will also have consequences on wildlife habitat (including woodland caribou habitat), avian biodiversity, carbon budget and a variety of forest landscape values for Indigenous peoples. The adaptation of the forest sector, will be crucial to mitigate the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystem goods and services and improve their resilience. Moving forward, a broad range of adaptation measures, notably through reducing harvest levels, should be explored to help strike a balance among social, ecological and economic values. We conclude that without climate adaptation strong negative economical and ecological impacts will likely affect Quebec’s forests.

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“…Les pratiques d'éducation de peuplement qui permettent d'augmenter la taille et la qualité des tiges peuvent aussi favoriser la production de produits du bois durables, capables de stocker le carbone pendant des décennies. La contribution de l'aménagement forestier à l'atténuation des changements climatiques ne peut pas être généralisée; elle dépend des produits générés par la récolte industrielle des forêts, de l'état des sites forestiers résiduels et de l'efficacité d'approvisionnement et de transformation des industries qui utilisent la matière ligneuse (Moreau et al 2022). L'effet des changements climatiques mêmes sur la composition et la productivité des écosystèmes forestiers pourrait aussi limiter la capacité future du secteur forestier à contribuer à la séquestration et au stockage du carbone (Valade et al 2017;Landry et al 2021).…”

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Analyse d’une stratégie de production de bois : perspectives d’experts

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En 2020, le Québec a adopté une stratégie nationale de production de bois (SNPB) afin d’augmenter la quantité et la qualité de la matière ligneuse produite. Au cours d’une table ronde tenue à l’automne 2021, des experts de la foresterie et de domaines connexes se sont prononcés sur cette nouvelle stratégie et sur les défis de mise en oeuvre qu’elle pose. L’objectif principal de cet article est de présenter les principaux constats émis au cours de cette table. Les constats ont été divisés en deux thématiques, soit le contexte général d’élaboration de cette stratégie et le contexte de sa mise en oeuvre en forêt. Bien que la plupart des panélistes s’entendent sur la pertinence de créer une telle stratégie, notamment en ce qui a trait à l’atténuation des changements climatiques et à la création de richesses, plusieurs interrogations persistent. Les défis d’harmonisation des usages, de régionalisation, de spatialisation des décisions d’aménagement, de manque de maind’oeuvre et de la dynamique incertaine des écosystèmes complexifient l’évaluation des retombées potentielles de la SNPB sur le terrain et sa capacité d’atteindre les cibles établies.

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How can the forest sector mitigate climate change in a changing climate? Case studies of boreal and northern temperate forests in eastern Canada

Cited by 23 publications

References 80 publications

Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects

Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects

A regional integrated assessment of the impacts of climate change and of the potential adaptation avenues for Quebec's forests

Analyse d’une stratégie de production de bois : perspectives d’experts

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