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INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 713-733Publisher
COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOC
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.3.713
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climate change; adaptation; boreal forest; Montreal process; forest management plans
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Climate change will pose increasing challenges to forest managers working to achieve sustainable forest management in the boreal forest. To date, discussions around when, where and how to consider adaptation in forest management plans for the boreal forest have been limited. As a starting point, specific objectives for climate change adaptation need to be articulated, which we consider to be synonymous with the criteria for conservation and sustainable management of boreal forests as defined by the Montreal Process. Secondly, because forest management plans are hierarchal - there are higher level strategic plans and lower level operational plans - it is important to distinguish at which planning level adaptation options are most appropriately considered. The purpose of this paper is to put forward a range of alternative adaptation options that forest managers working in the boreal zone could consider during the development of strategic and operational forest management plans in order to achieve sustainability as defined by the Montreal Process.
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