A blueprint for forest carbon science in Canada, 2012-2020 : Plan d'action sur la science du carbone forestier au Canada, 2012-2020

Summary

Domestic and international concerns about climate change have led to questions about the contemporary and future role of Canada's forests and forest sector in affecting atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). In 2008, the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers described climate change, including adaptation and the role of forest carbon (C) in helping mitigate climate change, as one of two priorities of national importance facing the Canadian forest sector over the next decade.

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environment climate change forests mitigation sustainability deforestation global warming ghgs environmental policy climate change adaptation science and technology climate change mitigation bioenergy biomass natural resources forest management greenhouse gas mitigation social sciences ecosystem unfccc climate variability ipcc land resources natural science effects of global warming forests and forestry disturbance (ecology) carbon sink net primary productivity forest dynamics plant-atmosphere relationships plant biomass