FORESTS AND SOCIETY – RESPONDING TO GLOBAL DRIVERS OF CHANGERegional Examples of Forest Related Challenges and Opportunities 14 Sustainability of Boreal Forests and Forestry in a Changing Environment
Abstract: The circumpolar boreal forest is the fourth largest terrestrial biome on the planet. It is entering a period of relatively rapid transition, propelled by climate change and economic development. Warming conditions threaten to alter processes as diverse as permafrost retention, insect outbr...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.434.7915 2023-05-15T15:06:37+02:00 FORESTS AND SOCIETY – RESPONDING TO GLOBAL DRIVERS OF CHANGERegional Examples of Forest Related Challenges and Opportunities 14 Sustainability of Boreal Forests and Forestry in a Changing Environment Timo Kuuluvainen Brenda J. Mcafee Aynslie Ogden Victor K. Teplyakov Contributing René I. Alfaro Danielle A. Francis Sylvie Gauthier Jarkko Hantula The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.434.7915 http://www.iufro.org/download/file/5901/4668/247-282_pdf/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.434.7915 http://www.iufro.org/download/file/5901/4668/247-282_pdf/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.iufro.org/download/file/5901/4668/247-282_pdf/ text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T04:53:52Z Abstract: The circumpolar boreal forest is the fourth largest terrestrial biome on the planet. It is entering a period of relatively rapid transition, propelled by climate change and economic development. Warming conditions threaten to alter processes as diverse as permafrost retention, insect outbreaks, and transportation. Thawing permafrost and increased levels of natural and anthropogenic disturbance may result in net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, while forest cover with greater biomass can be expected to expand onto the arctic tundra. Human use in some parts of northern forests is becoming more centralised and industrialised, with cumulative impacts from hydroelectric development, the oil and gas sector, mining, timber harvesting, and transportation. Communities tend to be widely spaced, and are either highly dependent on resource-based commodity exports or on subsistence-based lifestyles supported by local biodiversity. Efforts are underway in many jurisdictions to curtail illegal logging and environmentally damaging industrial development, to account for non-timber forest values in the course of forest management, and to promote the economic diversification of communities. In order to preserve the integrity of ecosystem processes, efforts Text Arctic Climate change permafrost Tundra Unknown Arctic |
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Abstract: The circumpolar boreal forest is the fourth largest terrestrial biome on the planet. It is entering a period of relatively rapid transition, propelled by climate change and economic development. Warming conditions threaten to alter processes as diverse as permafrost retention, insect outbreaks, and transportation. Thawing permafrost and increased levels of natural and anthropogenic disturbance may result in net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, while forest cover with greater biomass can be expected to expand onto the arctic tundra. Human use in some parts of northern forests is becoming more centralised and industrialised, with cumulative impacts from hydroelectric development, the oil and gas sector, mining, timber harvesting, and transportation. Communities tend to be widely spaced, and are either highly dependent on resource-based commodity exports or on subsistence-based lifestyles supported by local biodiversity. Efforts are underway in many jurisdictions to curtail illegal logging and environmentally damaging industrial development, to account for non-timber forest values in the course of forest management, and to promote the economic diversification of communities. In order to preserve the integrity of ecosystem processes, efforts |
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FORESTS AND SOCIETY – RESPONDING TO GLOBAL DRIVERS OF CHANGERegional Examples of Forest Related Challenges and Opportunities 14 Sustainability of Boreal Forests and Forestry in a Changing Environment |
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