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Where to start with climate-smart forest management? Climatic risk for forest-based mitigation
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy
Luca Malanchini
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy
Edoardo Nevola
World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Rome, 00198, Italy
Giorgio Vacchiano
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy
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Natural disturbances are projected to intensify in the future, threatening our forests and their functions such as wood production, protection against natural hazards, and carbon sequestration. By assessing risks to forests from wind and fire damage, alongside the vulnerability of carbon, it is possible to prioritize forest stands at high risk. In this study, we propose a novel methodological approach to support climate-smart forest management and inform better decision-making.
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