Climate change could increase fire risk across most of the managed boreal forest. Decreasing this risk by increasing the proportion of broad-leaved tree species is an overlooked mitigation–adaption strategy with multiple benefits.
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R.A., D.A.L., and R.M.B. were supported by the Research Council of Norway (grant 233641/E50). D.A.L. was partially supported by the National Science Foundation (award #EPS-1101245). We thank Dominique Boucher for producing the figure.
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Astrup, R., Bernier, P.Y., Genet, H. et al. A sensible climate solution for the boreal forest. Nature Clim Change 8, 11–12 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0043-3
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