Establishing the need and consultation with key stakeholders in forest policy and management under climate change. Contribution of Work Package 1 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment. NCCARF Publication number 19/10

Kathleen Wood; Anne H Roiko; Peter Waterman; Helen M Wallace; Richard A Warrick

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Establishing the need and consultation with key stakeholders in forest policy and management under climate change. Contribution of Work Package 1 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment. NCCARF Publication number 19/10

Kathleen Wood, Anne H Roiko, Peter Waterman, Helen M Wallace and Richard A Warrick

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

2011

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Forestry Sciences

climate change

vulnerability

The assessment of the vulnerability of Australian forests to climate change is an initiative of the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC). The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was approached to carry out such a comprehensive Forest Vulnerability Assessment (FVA). NCCARF engaged four research groups to investigate distinct aspects in relation to the vulnerability of forests, each of which has produced a report. In addition a fifth group was engaged to create a summary and synthesis report of the project. This report - Establishing the need and consultation with key stakeholders in forest policy and management - is the first in the series. Through stakeholder engagement this part of the FVA project was charged with: • identifying key issues to be addressed by the Forest Vulnerability Assessment; • determining to what extent climate change adaptation is being considered in current forest planning and management; and • determining the type of information that is needed by forest managers and policy makers to adapt to the impacts of climate change. In addition, the FVA project utilised climate change scenario modelling to generate possible medium- and long-term climate futures for 2030 and 2070. These scenarios of temperature and precipitation change across Australia provided the backdrop to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment allowing all investigators to gauge the likely impacts on the biophysical and socio-economic components of forest systems. The scenarios generated for the project are reported here.

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Title: Establishing the need and consultation with key stakeholders in forest policy and management under climate change. Contribution of Work Package 1 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment. NCCARF Publication number 19/10
Authors: Kathleen Wood (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Anne H Roiko (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Peter Waterman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Helen M Wallace (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Richard A Warrick (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Publication details: 121
Publisher: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
Date published: 2011
ISBN: 9781921609213
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449663302621
Output Type: Report

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