How will the changing environment impact bark-boring insects? Climate change projections indicate more frequent extreme weather events, such as storms, heatwaves, droughts, and floods. One of the likely consequences of this will be an abundance of stressed trees with weakened defences against pests, creating favourable conditions for some species of...
Archived Forestry Commission booklet discussing forests and climate change.
Shows recent changes in Scotlands climate over 40 years
Examining the effects of climate change on woodland and forestry.
How woodland management can adapt in anticipation of climate change
Resources relevant to forests and climate change. General The National Adaptation Programme Making the country resilient to a changing climate (2013). HM Government. Environmental Reporting Guidelines: including mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance (2013) Defra, London. Government forestry and woodlands policy statement, incorporating the Government’s response to the Independent Panel...
Climate change presents one of the greatest long-term challenges facing the world today.
This pack represents the key Forestry Commission messages on forestry and climate change. It explains in one document the role of trees, woods and forests in tackling and adapting to climate change.
More biodiverse woodlands are better able to resist or adapt to threats, such as climate change. This enhanced resilience supports the continuity of woodlands and the ecosystem services they provide. Biodiversity is the variation at different levels of biological organisation - the genes within a species; the species within a...
How do woodlands and forests affect the climate?
Forest carbon dynamics publications
