Adaptation to climate change in Swedish forestry

Sammanfattning

Adaptation to climate change in forestry has become a growing concern, in part dueto the impact of storms and other events that have raised the awareness of such risks amongstforest owners. Sweden is one of Europe's most densely-forested countries, with this sector playinga major role economically. However adaptation has, to a large extent, been limited to the provisionof recommendations to forest managers, most of which have only been partially implemented.This paper summarizes research with direct implications for adaptation to climate change withinthe forestry sector in Sweden. The focus is based in particular on providing examples of adaptationsthat illustrate the specific Swedish orientation to adaptation, in line with its relatively intensive forestmanagement system. The paper thus illustrates a specific Swedish orientation to adaptation throughactive management, which can be contrasted with approaches to adaptation in other forestry systems,in particular those with limited management or management based on maintaining natural forestsin particular.

Nyckelord

adaptation to climate change; forestry; Sweden

Publicerad i

Forests
2016, volym: 7, nummer: 2, artikelnummer: 28

SLU författare

• Felton, Adam

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Björkman, Christer

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Axelsson, Petter

  • Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ågren, Anneli

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Roberge, Jean-Michel

  • Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Klapwijk, Maartje

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Boberg, Johanna

  • Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och växtpatologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Framtidens skogar (tom Jan 2017)
SLU Future Forests

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG13 Bekämpa klimatförändringarna

UKÄ forskningsämne

Klimatforskning
Ekologi
Skogsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f7020028

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/69603