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Climate change impacts and forest management

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“Houston, we have a problem.”<br />

Expectations: Forests are being viewed as essential for climate<br />

<strong>change</strong> mitigation via carbon sequestration <strong>and</strong> biomass production<br />

on a global scale.<br />

Fears: Will there be so many deleterious <strong>change</strong>s to <strong>forest</strong>s in a very<br />

short time that <strong>forest</strong>s cannot sustain themselves?<br />

Human abilities <strong>and</strong> capacities: What about <strong>forest</strong> <strong>management</strong>?<br />

Are old goals <strong>and</strong> schemes irrelevant? How do we “hit” multiple<br />

moving targets involved with climate <strong>change</strong>? When <strong>and</strong> where do<br />

we start?

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