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.
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Publication year
2018
Authors
Vira, B.; Ellison, D.; McNulty, S.G.; Archer, E.; Bishop, K.; Claassen, M.; Creed, I.F.; Gush, M.; Gyawali, D.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Mukherji, A.; Murdiyarso, D.; Ovando-Pol, P.; Sullivan, C.A.; van Noordwijk, M.; Wei, X.; Xu, J.
Language
English
Keywords
forests, water, energy, climate, carbon, reforestation, mitigation, adaptation, sustainability
Funders
World Bank, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
