IBFRA Webinar Series: Integrating climate change science in resource management in the boreal biome

Join IBFRA on Thursday, April 22nd for the first of three webinars on integrating climate change science in resource management in the boreal biome. The goal of this series is to provide a reference and to sparkle discussions in preparation of the 2021 IBFRA conference coming up this summer (August 16-20 2021) and entitled “A changing boreal biome: assessing vulnerability and resilience of boreal ecosystems and their socio-economical implications”.

For this first webinar, Pr. Merritt Turetsky, director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder, will discuss ecological legacies in taiga ecosystems in the context of permafrost thaw. To register for this free webinar, please fill out this form. Once registered, we will send you the information on how to join the webinar a few days prior to the event.

The second webinar of this series will focus on the requirements and challenges of sustainable forest management in a changing boreal biome with Pr. John Innes, Forest Renewal BC Chair in Forest Management at the University of British Columbia, Canada. This webinar is scheduled for May 20, 2021, 10 AM PST, 1:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM CET. The third and last webinar will focus on the co-production of knowledge process (contributors and date TBD).