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Published in The Forestry Chronicle 91(4): 395-406.
As evidence points to the importance of climate change (CC) impacts on forests, it is critical to understand how forestry and forest-dependent communities will be affected. People active in the Quebec forest sector were consulted about their perceptions on the most important potential impacts and adaptation measures. Preoccupations covered many aspects of natural ecosystems, forest-based communities, and industries. Expected impacts and adaptation measures were grouped according to biomes and sectors. Prioritized impacts included increases in extreme meteorological events and natural disturbances. Impacts were also expected for human or economic systems such as reductions in wood volume and quality, difficulties in accessing forests, and additional costs for forest operations. Adaptation was perceived to come from new policies, a greater awareness, and local and regional adjustments to forest operations and management. Identified barriers to adaptation included lack of knowledge or understanding of CC impacts, lack of scientific support and knowledge transfer, and lack of leadership in CC issues at a regional scale. This synthesis will help orient future needs in climate-sensitive forest management planning and identify ways to increase adaptive capacity of the forest sector.
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Forests
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Scientific Article
Theme(s):
Forest Ecology, Forestry Research, Forests
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Author(s):
MORIN, Mathieu B., Daniel KNEESHAW, Frédérik DOYON, Héloïse LE GOFF, Pierre BERNIER, Véronique YELLE, Anne BLONDLOT and Daniel HOULE
Year of publication:
2015
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changement climatique, mesures d'adaptation, impacts, perception, barrières à l'adaptation, gestion forestière, écologie forestière, écosystèmes et environnement, article scientifique de recherche forestière, ecosystems and environment, forest ecology, climate change, adaptation measures, impacts, perception, barriers to adaptation, forest management