BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations Forest Stewardship Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation Landscape Conservation Cooperatives May 15, 2012 Kathy Hopkins - Technical Advisor – Climate Change Competitiveness and Innovation Branch 1
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BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Today Forest Stewardship Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation
• Why did we think we needed an action plan? • Goals and key actions • How could LCC partners benefit?
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Why do we care?
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• Improve sustainability of BC’s forests communities and industries
• Healthy forests, sustainable renewable resource • Maintain jobs and job opportunities Risks • More disturbance • Trees become poorly adapted to new conditions • Effect on other values
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Background and Context
Builds on BC’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (MOE) A history of collaboration: Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative (2005-)
– Aim: resilient forests – FLNRO & MOE
Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council (2008-2012) – Broader partnerships for research and assessment projects
Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Climate Change Task Force