A Random Man on Planet Earth: Adaption of People and Forests to Climate Change

Friday, April 17, 2009

Adaption of People and Forests to Climate Change

Here is a new report called "Adaption of People and Forests to Climate Change" which will be published officially at the next session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). Here is the blurb that came through the climate-l listserve:

"The report is the first product of the Global Forest Expert Panels of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and presents the state-of-knowledge about the impacts of climate change on forests and people and options for adaptation."

"One of the key messages that emerged from this assessment is that the carbon-regulating services of forests are at risk of being lost entirely unless current carbon emissions are reduced substantially; this would result in the release of huge quantities of carbon to the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change."

Just to point it out again - "the carbon-regulating services of forests are at risk of being lost entirely unless current carbon emissions are reduced substantially". That really doesn't sound good.

Finally, here is some info on the IUFRO and the CPF.

"The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the only world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus on forests and trees."

For further information, please visit: http://www.iufro.org/

"The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is a voluntary arrangement among 14 international organizations and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests. Its mission is to promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest and strengthen long-term political commitment to this end."

For further information, please visit: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/en/