Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review

We assessed how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests through a systematic review of the international empirical research literature. We found that drought, precipitation variability, extreme precipitation and flooding, and extreme heat were the climatic stressors to which respons...

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Autores principales: Paige Fischer, Alexandra, Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Matavel, Custodio, Antwi-Agyei, Philip, Shang, Yuanyuan, Muir, Maegan, Kaufmann, Rachel, The Global Adaptation Mapping Team
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135934
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author Paige Fischer, Alexandra
Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Matavel, Custodio
Antwi-Agyei, Philip
Shang, Yuanyuan
Muir, Maegan
Kaufmann, Rachel
The Global Adaptation Mapping Team
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Antwi-Agyei, Philip
Kaufmann, Rachel
Matavel, Custodio
Muir, Maegan
Paige Fischer, Alexandra
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Shang, Yuanyuan
The Global Adaptation Mapping Team
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Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Matavel, Custodio
Antwi-Agyei, Philip
Shang, Yuanyuan
Muir, Maegan
Kaufmann, Rachel
The Global Adaptation Mapping Team
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description We assessed how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests through a systematic review of the international empirical research literature. We found that drought, precipitation variability, extreme precipitation and flooding, and extreme heat were the climatic stressors to which responses were most frequently documented. Individuals and households received the most research attention, followed by national government, civil society, and local government. Europe and North America were the geographic foci of more research than other regions. Behavioral responses were more reported than technical and infrastructural responses and institutional responses. Within these types of responses, actors used a wide variety of practices such as replanting, altering species composition, and adopting or changing technology. Adaptation efforts in early planning and advanced implementation received some attention, but early implementation and expanding implementation were most reported. While connections between responses and risk reduction were discussed, there is limited evidence of risk reduction. Our review contributes to the scholarly and practical understanding of how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests. The review also identifies opportunities for future research on adaptation to other climatic stressors, such as wildfires and tree pests and pathogens, adaptation in other geographic areas, especially Oceania, and adaptation by actors beyond the individual and household level and through institutional adaptation efforts.
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spelling CGSpace1359342025-12-08T09:54:28Z Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review Paige Fischer, Alexandra Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad Segnon, Alcade Christel Matavel, Custodio Antwi-Agyei, Philip Shang, Yuanyuan Muir, Maegan Kaufmann, Rachel The Global Adaptation Mapping Team climate change adaptation forests literature reviews-review articles human behaviour natural disasters risk reduction We assessed how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests through a systematic review of the international empirical research literature. We found that drought, precipitation variability, extreme precipitation and flooding, and extreme heat were the climatic stressors to which responses were most frequently documented. Individuals and households received the most research attention, followed by national government, civil society, and local government. Europe and North America were the geographic foci of more research than other regions. Behavioral responses were more reported than technical and infrastructural responses and institutional responses. Within these types of responses, actors used a wide variety of practices such as replanting, altering species composition, and adopting or changing technology. Adaptation efforts in early planning and advanced implementation received some attention, but early implementation and expanding implementation were most reported. While connections between responses and risk reduction were discussed, there is limited evidence of risk reduction. Our review contributes to the scholarly and practical understanding of how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests. The review also identifies opportunities for future research on adaptation to other climatic stressors, such as wildfires and tree pests and pathogens, adaptation in other geographic areas, especially Oceania, and adaptation by actors beyond the individual and household level and through institutional adaptation efforts. 2024 2023-12-26T14:11:56Z 2023-12-26T14:11:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135934 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Paige Fischer, A.; Aminur Rahman Shah, M.; Segnon, A.C.; Matavel, C.; Antwi-Agyei, P.; Shang, Y.; Muir, M.; Kaufmann, R.; The Global Adaptation Mapping Team. (2024) Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review. Climate Risk Management 100573. ISSN: 2212-0963
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forests
literature reviews-review articles
human behaviour
natural disasters
risk reduction
Paige Fischer, Alexandra
Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Matavel, Custodio
Antwi-Agyei, Philip
Shang, Yuanyuan
Muir, Maegan
Kaufmann, Rachel
The Global Adaptation Mapping Team
Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title_full Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title_fullStr Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title_short Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review
title_sort human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests a systematic review
topic climate change adaptation
forests
literature reviews-review articles
human behaviour
natural disasters
risk reduction
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