Climate-smart forestry

This course explores the role of forests and trees in climate-smart agriculture (CSA). It takes into consideration the ecosystem services and goods that forests provide, and the importance of forests for the food security of forest-dependent people. It explores the complex relationship between climate change and forests, and how adaptation and mitigation measures can benefit forests, forest-dependent people, and global climate change. The synergies and trade-offs involved in climate-smart forest management are also considered.

Learning Objectives

• Relevant concepts, especially sustainable forest management.
• Areas of intervention for climate smart forestry – livelihoods and food security, vulnerability and resilience and deforestation and forest degradation.
• The steps needed to integrate a climate-smart forestry approach into the plan and practices of any forest management unit.
• The role of forest monitoring and national forest monitoring systems.
• The elements that can create an enabling environment for the adoption of climate-smart forestry management practices and approaches.