Contents
- Competitiveness and Innovation Branch
- Log Export Policy and Administration
- Natural Resource & Industry Economics
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Tools
This page provides links to tools useful for:
understanding changes underway in your area and
adapting forest management so that BC forests remain resilient to climate change, variability and other stressors.
Credit for each of the tools belongs with each developer noted on the linked web pages.
New! February 2013. FORREX Checklist for adapting BC’s landscapes to a changing environment. This checklist summarizes the key considerations for buffering your managed forests against the impact of climate change during planning, harvesting, and reforestation. (3 pages).
New! February 2013. Possible Adaptation Framework for the Williams Lake TSA. This FORREX framework is a 1-page schematic of a conceptual model designed to increase the resistance of the Williams Lake TSA to the effects of environmental changes. The framework is described in more detail in the FORREX Decision Support Framework paper.
New! The 2012 Species Monitoring Reports identify the composition of commercial tree species in BC’s regenerated stands at the Provincial and New! TSA level. They provide a mechanism to monitor the changes in these species over time. A Memo on the Issuance and Use of TSA Tree Species Monitoring Reports was issued June 11 2012.
New! Guidance for Adapting Forest Management in the Kamloops TSA
Overview of Guidance to Adapt Forest Management for Climate Change in the Kamloops TSA (7 pages). This guidance encompasses regeneration, harvesting, silviculture, and other opportunities. Climate modeling was based on one ‘middle-of-the-road’ scenario (conservative compared to our current emissions pathway). The full report (46 p.) provides more detail about recommended adaptation actions and the underlying climate change modeling.
New! Nadina multi-scale trans-disciplinary vulnerability assessment.
New! Bulkley Valley Research Centre climate change projects. These include modeling of climate change impacts, results of assessments, and implications for ecosystems, species response, reforestation, and disease impacts.
Tree Species Selection Tool aims to inform tree species selection decision-making in the context of a changing climate.
Google-Map version of ClimateBC. Click on the Google map to access climate data for locations of interest. See more
Bioclimatic Envelope Models project the shift of climatic envelopes of BEC units and major forest trees species, with consensus projections based on 20 climate change scenarios.
Population response functions that can predict growth potential for any seed source planted at any planting site.
Plan2Adapt – is a tool to help you construct a visual map showing patterns of future climate change in your region.
Stand Level Risk Analysis and Decision Support Tool – for drought index and species selection can be used to map the risk of drought-related mortality for any plant species with a known drought tolerance.
Potential Management Options for Adaptation – A two-page list of potential management options that can be considered when planning forest management activities.
Changing Tree Species in the West Kootenays – describes habitat projections for various species, including geographic and elevation shifts.