Climate change adaptation [electronic resource] : potential contributions of red alder in coastal British Columbia / Craig Farnden, Louise de Montigny, and Bruce C. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farnden, Craig.

Contributor:

Larson, Bruce C.

De Montigny, Louise, 1958-

British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Series:

Technical report (British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) ; 074.

Technical report ; 074

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Red alder--Economic aspects--British Columbia.

Red alder.

Red alder--Climatic factors--British Columbia.

Red alder--Yields--British Columbia--Campbell River Region--Forecasting.

Forest policy--British Columbia.

Forest policy.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (viii, 28 p.) : col. ill., digital file.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, B.C. : Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013).

Summary:

The red alder resource in British Columbia has the potential to support a future hardwood manufacturing sector over 10 times larger and considerably more diverse than the current condition. Three quarters of this increase is possible simply by managing the existing red alder resource to an intensity similar to that for conifers, with the remainder of the increase relying on climate change adaptation to take advantage of potentially improved future growing conditions. Increased harvest rates would provide the Province with commensurate social benefits in terms of jobs, taxes, and royalties. Additional benefits of increased management attention would be realized through improved ecosystem resiliency and the contributions that red alder makes to a wide variety of ecosystem services.

Contents:

Authors and contributors

Executive summary

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Harvest levels, the manufacturing sector, and jobs

3. Red alder and ecosystem services

4. The Campbell River Forest District and its red alder resource

5. Climate change scenarios and productivity

6. Vulnerabilities and genetic management of red alder

7. Approaches to growing red alder

8. Key information gaps

9. Impediments to climate change adaptation for red alder

10. Recommended actions

Literature cited

Appendices.

Notes:

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 28).

OCLC:

848003442