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Management options for dealing with changing forest-water relations

Informally Refereed

Abstract

This chapter addresses potential forest and water management strategies based on our understanding of the ‘new normal’, the challenges imposed, in particular, by climate change and human population growth, and our evolving knowledge of forest-water interactions. It further considers forest and water management strategies when water is prioritised over other forest-related goals (such as biomass accumulation or the sequestration of carbon in standing forests). Explicitly prioritising water in forest management attempts to reset our priorities toward more sustainable strategies for long-term forest health and human welfare. This reordering of priorities does not necessarily compromise other forest-related goals but provides a much-needed emphasis on water as a key contribution to both planetary and human health.

Citation

Vira, Bhaskar; Ellison, David; McNulty, Steven G.; Archer, Emma; Bishop, Kevink Claassen, Marius; Creed, Irena F.; Gush, Mark; Gyawali, Dipak; Martin-Ortega, Julia; Mukherji, Aditi; Murdiyarso, David; Pol, Paola Ovando; Sullivan, Caroline A.; van Noordwijk, Meine; Wei, Xiaohua (Adam); Xu, Jianchu; Reed, Maureen; Wilson, Sarah J. 2018. Management options for dealing with changing forest-water relations. In:Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities: A Global Assessment Report (I.F. Creed and M. van Noordwijk, eds.). IUFRO World Series Volume 38. p. 121-144.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/56991