Workshop on Pro-active Management of Forests to Combat Climate Change-driven Risks

Climate observations prove the complex effects for forests over different bioclimatic regions due to climatic changes. Rising atmospheric CO2 concentration, higher temperatures, changes in precipitation, flooding, drought duration and frequency will have significant effects on forests.

The ministers responsible for forests in Europe at the Ministerial Conference in Madrid 2015 recognised that European forests are vital in combating climate change and that adaptation of forests to climate change will be necessary.

The challenges from increased disturbance risks – amplified by climate change – can only be successfully addressed through increased trans-national collaboration and support, capacity building and knowledge transfer, leading to better-informed decision making in a holistic forest disturbance risk management with a strong emphasis on prevention and preparedness.

The workshop will, therefore, join policymakers, researchers and practitioners from across the pan-European region to discuss these issues, and look for effective policy measures at international, national or subnational levels. In this respect, the workshop will also strive to identify what further work is needed in future cooperation among the countries.

The workshop focuses on the whole pan-European region. Taking into account
significant differences between different parts of Europe, it is important to highlight challenges and opportunities in the different sub-regions. The organizers, therefore, encourage participations from all countries of European continent.

VENUE:

Istanbul, Turkey
3-4 September 2019

Event Information: ForestEurope
Published on 08 July 2019