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Abstract
Climate change is happening today and will continue in the future, producing many unexpected effects on our forests. In recent years, climate change has become the most critical driver for forest management, altering how we practice silviculture and forestry. Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) is an emerging approach to sustainable forest management, with specific strategies and proactive practices aimed at promoting climate change adaptation to improve forest resilience for the benefits of neutralizing carbon emissions, sustaining productivity and provision of ecosystem services, and harmonizing environmental, social, and economic well-being. This new forestry paradigm will have significant implications for southern silviculture. In this paper, I first describe the recent rise of CSF. I then explain what is expected from CSF. Finally, I briefly discuss the implications of CSF to southern silviculture, using planted loblolly pine (
Pinus taeda) forest management as an example.
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Citation
Wang, G. Geoff. 2024. Climate-Smart Forestry and its Implications for Southern Silviculture. In: Bragg, Don C.; Oswald, Brian P.; Koerth, Nancy E., eds. Proceedings of the 22nd biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-274. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 186–195. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-274-Pap30.
