Gillian Ann Cerbu is currently employed as a Forestry & Climate Change consultant. Prior to this, as part of her role as MANFRED project manager, Gillian coordinated the implementation of deliverables the results of which are included in this publication. She is currently working on her Ph.D. on climate change mitigation in tropical forests (REDD+) as part of the Graduate School, ‘Environment, Society and Global Change’ at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
Climate scenarios suggest that current forest stands will face radically different temperature and precipitation conditions in the future. Developing future strategies for forest management in the face of uncertain and highly variable forecasts of future site conditions is a great challenge. Here we have analyzed transnational case studies dealing with different manifestations of climate change effects. We intend to stimulate the discussion on management strategies to adapt forests in the Alps to climate change risks. The presented results are derived from the INTERREG project "Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks" that was implemented within the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation "Alpine Space Programme" 2007-2013.
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