In British Columbia, Canada, we are using resilience as a central concept for climate change adaptation in the forest sector. See the 2009 report: “Ecological resilience and complexity: a theoretical framework for understanding and managing British Columbia’s forest ecosystems in a changing climate.” (link below)
However, this report mainly lays out the framework, and it is not obvious how to translate that to management activities on the ground. For me, that is the key step in defining resilience – what does it mean in terms of actions or indicators?
Here’s one example, I’m sure there are others. In a recent study, we used tree species diversity, tree growing stock, logging rates and net revenue from logging as indicators of socio-ecological resilience in a simulation modeling experiment. We used combinations of different management activities that resulted in different amounts of damage from the mountain pine beetle and different risks to future insects and disease due to species diversity. Those different management regimes created different scenarios in terms of the resilience indicators. We are hoping the results from this study will help forest managers in BC make more adaptive choices.
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In British Columbia, Canada, we are using resilience as a central concept for climate change adaptation in the forest sector. See the 2009 report: “Ecological resilience and complexity: a theoretical framework for understanding and managing British Columbia’s forest ecosystems in a changing climate.” (link below)
However, this report mainly lays out the framework, and it is not obvious how to translate that to management activities on the ground. For me, that is the key step in defining resilience – what does it mean in terms of actions or indicators?
Here’s one example, I’m sure there are others. In a recent study, we used tree species diversity, tree growing stock, logging rates and net revenue from logging as indicators of socio-ecological resilience in a simulation modeling experiment. We used combinations of different management activities that resulted in different amounts of damage from the mountain pine beetle and different risks to future insects and disease due to species diversity. Those different management regimes created different scenarios in terms of the resilience indicators. We are hoping the results from this study will help forest managers in BC make more adaptive choices.
https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/Tr055.htm