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Changes in climate interact with the development processes of forest ecosystem in a complex way, which may bring new dimensions to the sustainable management of forest resources. It is important to identify the sensitivity of forest ecosystems to changing climate, and further to understand how to utilize the opportunities and to avoid the risks under climate change. The issue is especially important for the boreal forests in northern Europe, where nearly all the forests are managed. In these conditions, rapid changes in climate may create situations where the traditional guidelines for forest management may no longer be appropriate. In this chapter, these issues are discussed, focusing on the Finnish boreal forests and their management under climate change when producing timber and energy biomass concurrently but still maintaining large carbon stocks in forest ecosystems.
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The work is supported by the University of Eastern Finland, Kone Foundation and Nordic Energy Research.
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Alam, A. (2013). Climate Change and Forest Management: Implications for Energy Biomass Production in Boreal Forest Ecosystems. In: Kellomäki, S., Kilpeläinen, A., Alam, A. (eds) Forest BioEnergy Production. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8391-5_12
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