Resilient Forests: Preparing for the unexpected

by Maida Ballarini

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1. Resilient Forests Preparing for the expected Maida Ballarini Policy Advisor for Land Use and Climate Change Forestry Commission Scotland
2. 10/10/2013 2 Footer text The first Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (draft) Required by section 53 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 It addresses the impacts identified for Scotland in the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, up until 2100. It sets out Scottish Ministers objectives in relation to adapting to climate change, their proposals and policies for meeting those objectives, and the period within with these policies and proposals will be introduced. AIM: ‘To increase the resilience of Scotland’s people, environment and economy to the impact of a changing climate’.
3. 10/10/2013 3 Footer text The first Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (draft) Reducing vulnerability and building resilience in the natural environment will help to reduce vulnerability and building resilience for society.
4. 10/10/2013 4 Footer text Positive and negative changes
5. 10/10/2013 5 FCS climate change programme The programme highlights FCS’s commitment to increase the contribution of forestry to Scotland’s climate change response and to meeting the SG’s climate change targets. Building resilience in a changing climate through: • Helping forest managers to adapt forestry practice • Increasing understanding, detection and monitoring of threats to forests and our capacity to deal with them • Using forests and trees to cope with the impacts of climate change
6. 10/10/2013 6 Footer text
7. 10/10/2013 7 Footer text Resilient Forests