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DOI	10.1007/s10113-024-02249-w
	Climate change mitigation-adaptation relationships in forest management: perspectives from the fire-prone American West
	Carter, Eliisa; Vonhedemann, Nicolena; Schultz, Courtney
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1436-3798
EISSN	1436-378X
起始页码	24
结束页码	2
卷号	24 期号:2
英文摘要	Minimizing negative impacts of climate change on human and natural systems requires mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to new climate conditions. Forestry provides grounds to study the relationship between these two concepts: carbon flux and storage are ecosystem services of forests, while forests are growing increasingly vulnerable to climate-driven disturbances. We examined the practice and interplay of mitigation and adaptation in the American West, which is a testbed for the conceptual balance between carbon cycling and growing climate-related risk given its abundance of dry, fire-prone ecosystems. We sought to understand perceptions of mitigation and adaptation in this region through 38 semi-structured interviews with forest experts in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. Our research questions explored (1) perceived mitigation and adaptation action options, (2) conflicts and synergies between mitigation and adaptation in forest management, and (3) factors influencing mitigation and adaptation activities. Our findings revealed the importance of geographic and ecological differences in determining an appropriate balance of mitigation and adaptation options and a need to further integrate intentional climate action in forestry. As the American West confronts the growing threat of intense and extensive wildfires, pest infestation, and other disturbances, many experts in this study called for more support to enable active management for adaptation while balancing multiple objectives, including carbon management. Through an inductive approach, we provide insight into forestry experts' conceptualization of the mitigation-adaptation relationship, revealing implications for integrating climate-informed actions into forest management and the surrounding institutional environment.
英文关键词	Active forest management; Adaptation and mitigation relationships; Carbon management; Climate change adaptation; Climate change and western wildfires; Climate change mitigation
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001236540700002
来源期刊	REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/307329
作者单位	Colorado State University; Northern Arizona University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Carter, Eliisa,Vonhedemann, Nicolena,Schultz, Courtney. Climate change mitigation-adaptation relationships in forest management: perspectives from the fire-prone American West[J],2024,24(2).
APA	Carter, Eliisa,Vonhedemann, Nicolena,&Schultz, Courtney.(2024).Climate change mitigation-adaptation relationships in forest management: perspectives from the fire-prone American West.REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,24(2).
MLA	Carter, Eliisa,et al."Climate change mitigation-adaptation relationships in forest management: perspectives from the fire-prone American West".REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 24.2(2024).