Climforisk

Climforisk EU Life+ project investigates climate effects on forests

Climforisk merges several forest related data sources and ecosystem models to predict carbon and water balances of forests, and vulnerabilities of forests to drought, pest and pathogen damages. Project will derive maps and indicators of results that support the decisions of officials and forest managers, and disseminate them to public through Internet. Climforisk (2011-2014) is a joint project between Finnish Forest Research Institute (coord.) and Department of Forest Science, University of Helsinki.

Project finished, material available

Layman's report Raportti suomeksi		Policy brief

Other project results and reports…

Past activities

• Preparation of the reporting material of the project, to be submitted to EC in March 2015.
• Action 4 and 6 synthesis reports (31.12.2014)
• Final seminar held 9.12.2014
• Finalizing the project’s dissemination pages about forests and climate change (Action 5)
• Presenting the project’s Internet dissemination pages about forests and climate change at the ForestSAT conference in Italy, 4-7.11.2014 (Action 7)
• Implemented soil carbon model Yasso to simulation platform (Action 4)
• Identifying drought vulnerable areas based inventory and map data (Action 2)
• Identifying factors predisposing forests to different biotic damages (Action 6)
• Investigating www-presentation of map products (Action 5)
• Progress report (1.2.2014)
• Presented project work in AdaptToClimate meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus , 27-28th March 2014 (http://adapttoclimate.uest.gr/)
• Workshop in Uppsala 11th – 12th of November “Climate change and forestry in northern Europe” (Action 7)
• Presented project at JRC 4-6.11.2013 (Aleksi Lehtonen, Action 7)
• Participated in special issue compilation to journal Boreal Environment Research (Action 7)

More past activities..

Climate change and forests

Climate change will influence forest growth, and the rate of carbon sequestration by forests. Even modest changes in temperature and rainfall can lead to significant changes in the population dynamics of forest damaging agents such as insects and pests. Information about the areas most sensitive to these changes can be used to guide forest management in future. It is already timely, as the forest management practices of today will be reflected in the structure and function of forests for years to come. Read more...