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Tracking forest changes: Canadian Forest Service indicators of climate change

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  • Miren Lorente

    (Natural Resources Canada)

  • S. Gauthier

    (Natural Resources Canada)

  • P. Bernier

    (Natural Resources Canada)

  • C. Ste-Marie

    (Natural Resources Canada
    Natural Resources Canada)

Abstract

The article describes the development of the web-based Canadian Forest Service climate change indicator system, referred to as the Forest Change Tracking System. This indicator system was established in 2011 with financial support from the Adaptation theme of the Government of Canada Clean Air Agenda. The objectives of the Forest Change Tracking System are to (a) raise awareness and inform on the occurrence and scope of ongoing changes across Canadian forests associated with climate change and to (b) support the inclusion of adaptation into forest management planning and forest-related policies. The development strategy was to focus on a limited number of most relevant indicators and to build on existing capacity in order to produce information on current and future climate change impacts across Canada’s vast forests. An initial list of 141 potential indicators relevant to forestry was compiled through a series of workshops with more than 100 researchers and forest sector stakeholders and through a global scan of climate change indicator initiatives. A rating system based on each indicator’s potential relevance, sensitivity, and feasibility of measurement was used to select a subset of 35 indicators. These indicators fall within three broad systems—climate, forest, and human. Each indicator web page contains information on the relevance of the indicator, graphs, or maps on past trends and future projections across Canada and related links and references. This paper also presents lessons learned, discusses challenges and opportunities, and reviews potential next steps related to the broadening of this indicator system.

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  • Miren Lorente & S. Gauthier & P. Bernier & C. Ste-Marie, 2020. "Tracking forest changes: Canadian Forest Service indicators of climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(4), pages 1839-1853, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:163:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s10584-018-2154-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2154-x
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