Managing forest risks in uncertain times of climate change

Key message

Managing forest risks in uncertain times of climate change necessitates novel and adaptive forest decision approaches. Multiple risks (biotic and abiotic) and sources of uncertainty should be identified, and their quantities over decision horizon should be propagated in searching for robust solutions. The solutions may ask for changes in classical forest decisions, e.g., rotation age or beyond, e.g., forest insurance.

Keywords
Adaptation; Risk; Uncertainty; Mitigation; Global change

Publication
Yousefpour, R., Gray, D.R. Managing forest risks in uncertain times of climate change. Annals of Forest Science 79, 16 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01135-x

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Handling Editor
Erwin Dreyer

Topical Collection
This article is the Editorial for the Topical Collection “Risk Analysis“, published previously under the Hybrid system.