Long-term planning is vital to the forest industry. It is also incredibly complicated, as we must create plans for multiple points along our supply chain. The “upstream” part of the supply chain is the purview of forestry professionals. At its most basic conceptual level, log supply is determined by the rate at which trees grow. When we know the species, age, and site index of a forest today, we can make a fairly good guess at what the forest will look like 10, 20 or even 100 years in the future.
Interesting article! You may find some of these scenario studies useful.
Robinson, A.J., Defrenne, C.E., Roach, W.J., Dymond, C.C., Pickles, B.J. and Simard, S.W., 2022. Harvesting intensity and aridity are more important than climate change in affecting future carbon stocks of Douglas-fir forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Aug. 11 2022.
Dymond, C.C., K. Giles-Hansen, & P. Asante 2020. The forest mitigation-adaptation nexus: economic benefits of novel planting regimes. Forest Policy and Economics, 113, 102124.
Hof, Anouschka R., C.C. Dymond, & D. J. Mladenoff 2017. Climate change mitigation through adaptation: the effectiveness of forest diversification by novel tree planting regimes. Ecosphere 8.11
Dymond, C.C., S. Beukema, C.R. Nitschke, K.D. Coates, & R.M. Scheller 2016. Carbon sequestration in managed temperate coniferous forests under climate change. Biogeosciences 13, 1933-1947.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2015. Applying resilience concepts in forest management: a retrospective simulation approach. Forests 6 (12), 4421-4438.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, B. Raymer, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2014. Diversifying managed forests to increase resilience. Can. J. Forest Res. 44(10), 1196-1205.
Interesting article! You may find some of these scenario studies useful.
Robinson, A.J., Defrenne, C.E., Roach, W.J., Dymond, C.C., Pickles, B.J. and Simard, S.W., 2022. Harvesting intensity and aridity are more important than climate change in affecting future carbon stocks of Douglas-fir forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Aug. 11 2022.
Dymond, C.C., K. Giles-Hansen, & P. Asante 2020. The forest mitigation-adaptation nexus: economic benefits of novel planting regimes. Forest Policy and Economics, 113, 102124.
Hof, Anouschka R., C.C. Dymond, & D. J. Mladenoff 2017. Climate change mitigation through adaptation: the effectiveness of forest diversification by novel tree planting regimes. Ecosphere 8.11
Dymond, C.C., S. Beukema, C.R. Nitschke, K.D. Coates, & R.M. Scheller 2016. Carbon sequestration in managed temperate coniferous forests under climate change. Biogeosciences 13, 1933-1947.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2015. Applying resilience concepts in forest management: a retrospective simulation approach. Forests 6 (12), 4421-4438.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, B. Raymer, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2014. Diversifying managed forests to increase resilience. Can. J. Forest Res. 44(10), 1196-1205.