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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
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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
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Goal: Resilient Forests
Aims to: • reduce risks, capture opportunities • improve the ability of BC forests to withstand
the full amplitude of climate change and variability.
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Vision BC’s forests provide a broad suite of goods and services that benefit society now and in a changing climate.
Management goal
• By 2017, BC’s forest management policy framework fully accounts for a changing climate.
Intent
• Set an agenda now for managing for resilient forests • Phase in over 5-20 years
Vision and Intent
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Adaptation Action Plan
• Sets out goals, objectives and actions • Modular framework • Build as we go
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Goal 1 Foster Resilient Forests
Key Actions
• Climate-based seed transfer • Assisted migration
• Tree species diversity
ANTICIPATE AND MANAGE FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE DIVERSITY
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Goal 2: Maintain Future Options and Benefits
Key Actions
• Forest level silviculture strategies that address climate change and strengthen forest health
• Fire-resilient landscapes
• Refocusing toward longer term
• Incorporate resilience in Ministry programs
MANAGE AND PROTECT RESOURCES AND VALUES MANAGE RISKS AND CAPTURE OPPORTUNITIES
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Goal 3 Build Adaptive Capacity
Key Initiatives
• Provide forest managers with
science, data, methods and decision
tools
• Increase extension and collaboration
in working toward adaptation
• Leverage resources
DEVELOP AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS INCREASE EXTENSION AND COLLABORATION ENSURE GUIDANCE AND COORDINATION
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95Mha 62Mha
How much of BC does the Action Plan apply to?
24Mha
38Mha
Non-timber harvest land base
Timber harvest land base
Annual harvest area
0.2Mha
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95M ha
Opportunities and Benefits • Help reduce risks, enhance future productivity and
value
• Strengthen links and synergy
• Share science and best practices: learn together
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Contacts & Websites
Forest Stewardship Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation • Contact [email protected]
• Website: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/het/climate.htm
Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council • Contact [email protected]
• Website: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/future_forests/council/
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Thank you
Action Plan Team • Christine Fletcher • Dave Spittlehouse • Deb MacKillop • Don Morgan • Frank Barber • James Sandland
Input from: • Workshop participants
– (Nanaimo, Prince George, Kamloops, Creston)
• Branch Directors and Staff – Lyle Gawalko
• Kathy Hopkins (lead) • Katharine McCallion • Leslie McAuley • Ralph Winter • Rein Kahlke • Rob Bowden
• Provincial Forestry Forum • Minister’s Practices Advisory
Council • Operational Issues Forums
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