Metla Research Programmes

Functioning of forest ecosystems and use of forest resources in changing climate (MIL)

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Duration: 2007 - 2011   Keywords: adaptation, carbon sinks, climate change, forest ecosystem, forest genetics, forest health, forest planning, forest policy, forests, greenhouse gas, phenology, stress

Objectives

Climate change can have great impacts on growth, health and biodiversity of boreal forest ecosystems, and the positive and negative effects will have influences on the whole society. Therefore, apart the mitigation actions, it is important to take actions also to adapt the forest sector to the anticipated changes. The mitigation and adaptation actions will reflect on the international policy and the course of the forest sector, with increasing needs in future to combine the forest policy decision making as part of climatic issues.

This research program aims in producing information of the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems. Further, studies will be conducted to understand the forest and environmental policy actions and means that help in mitigating and adapting to climate change. The program also produces information in support of the greenhouse gas reporting dealing with forests.

Director: Vapaavuori, Elina
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Suonenjoki Office, Juntintie 154, FI-77600 SUONENJOKI, FINLAND,
phone +358 10 2111, fax +358 10 211 4801, e-mail elina.vapaavuori@metla.fi

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