Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers
Managing genetic diversity is of key importance in fostering resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. We carried out a survey reaching over 200 forest owners and managers from 15 European countries to understand their perceptions of the main threats to forest ecosystems, their knowledge of...
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| author | Vinceti, Barbara Manica, Mattia Lauridsen, Nina Olsen Verkerk, Pieter Johannes Lindner, Marcus Fady, Bruno |
| author_browse | Fady, Bruno Lauridsen, Nina Olsen Lindner, Marcus Manica, Mattia Verkerk, Pieter Johannes Vinceti, Barbara |
| author_facet | Vinceti, Barbara Manica, Mattia Lauridsen, Nina Olsen Verkerk, Pieter Johannes Lindner, Marcus Fady, Bruno |
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| description | Managing genetic diversity is of key importance in fostering resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. We carried out a survey reaching over 200 forest owners and managers from 15 European countries to understand their perceptions of the main threats to forest ecosystems, their knowledge of forest genetic resources (FGR) and their attitude toward actively managing these resources to strengthen the resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. Respondents perceived pests and diseases to be the top-ranking threats to forests, followed by windstorms and drought, with differences across countries. They stated to be aware of the potential offered by managing FGR and indicated that they paid attention to origin and quality in their choice of planting material. Generally, respondents showed a positive attitude in using forest reproductive material foreign to the planting site, to better match the projected future climate conditions, introducing either a new native tree species or a new non-local genotype of a species already planted (keeping the same species but changing the source of planting material). However, forest reproductive material from local sources was largely preferred over non-local material (both genetically improved and not improved). Forest managers and owners may need to be exposed to more evidence of the potential benefits deriving from active adaptation and mitigation management of FGR before implementing adaptive measures. Also, more efforts should be invested in understanding perceptions and motivations of European forest owners and managers, in order to better tailor advice on optimal measures to counteract the detrimental effects of climate change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1105552025-11-11T18:47:09Z Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers Vinceti, Barbara Manica, Mattia Lauridsen, Nina Olsen Verkerk, Pieter Johannes Lindner, Marcus Fady, Bruno forest genetic resources recursos genéticos forestales forest management ordenación forestal climate change cambio climatico adaptation adaptación Managing genetic diversity is of key importance in fostering resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. We carried out a survey reaching over 200 forest owners and managers from 15 European countries to understand their perceptions of the main threats to forest ecosystems, their knowledge of forest genetic resources (FGR) and their attitude toward actively managing these resources to strengthen the resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. Respondents perceived pests and diseases to be the top-ranking threats to forests, followed by windstorms and drought, with differences across countries. They stated to be aware of the potential offered by managing FGR and indicated that they paid attention to origin and quality in their choice of planting material. Generally, respondents showed a positive attitude in using forest reproductive material foreign to the planting site, to better match the projected future climate conditions, introducing either a new native tree species or a new non-local genotype of a species already planted (keeping the same species but changing the source of planting material). However, forest reproductive material from local sources was largely preferred over non-local material (both genetically improved and not improved). Forest managers and owners may need to be exposed to more evidence of the potential benefits deriving from active adaptation and mitigation management of FGR before implementing adaptive measures. Also, more efforts should be invested in understanding perceptions and motivations of European forest owners and managers, in order to better tailor advice on optimal measures to counteract the detrimental effects of climate change. 2020-12 2020-12-17T22:07:11Z 2020-12-17T22:07:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110555 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Vinceti, B.; Manica, M.; Lauridsen, N.; Verkerk, P.J.; Lindner, M.; Fady, B. (2020) Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers. European Journal of Forest Research 139, pp. 1107–1119 ISSN: 1612-4669 |
| spellingShingle | forest genetic resources recursos genéticos forestales forest management ordenación forestal climate change cambio climatico adaptation adaptación Vinceti, Barbara Manica, Mattia Lauridsen, Nina Olsen Verkerk, Pieter Johannes Lindner, Marcus Fady, Bruno Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title | Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title_full | Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title_fullStr | Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title_short | Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers |
| title_sort | managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change perceptions of european forest owners and managers |
| topic | forest genetic resources recursos genéticos forestales forest management ordenación forestal climate change cambio climatico adaptation adaptación |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110555 |
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