Boreal forest health and global change
Abstract
The boreal forest, one of the largest biomes on Earth, provides ecosystem services that benefit society at levels ranging from local to global. Currently, about two-thirds of the area covered by this biome is under some form of management, mostly for wood production. Services such as climate regulation are also provided by both the unmanaged and managed boreal forests. Although most of the boreal forests have retained the resilience to cope with current disturbances, projected environmental changes of unprecedented speed and amplitude pose a substantial threat to their health. Management options to reduce these threats are available and could be implemented, but economic incentives and a greater focus on the boreal biome in international fora are needed to support further adaptation and mitigation actions.
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- Authors
- Gauthier, S., Bernier, P., Kuuluvainen, T., Shvidenko, A. Z., & Schepaschenko, D. G.
- Affiliations
- Canadian Forest Service (CA)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Ecosystems Services and Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Gauthier, S.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-08-21
- Volume
- 349
- Issue
- 6250
- Pages
- 819-822
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1874639023
- Cited by
- 1,225
- References
- 72
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- FWCI
- 5.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
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- IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Keywords
- boreal forest, forest health, global change, ecosystem services, climate regulation, forest management, timber production, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, forest resilience, environmental disturbance
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Trees, Climate Change, Taiga
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