Webinar: Planning Ahead for Climate-Adapted Forests

Canadian forests have undergone many changes due to climate change over the last few decades. With increasing observations of beetlekill, wildfires, drought and diseases that affect our forests, it's more critical than ever to plan ahead for forests in the future that are resilient to climate change pressures. To address this, we have invited speakers from across the country to share about their projects related to climate-adapted tree seed, assisted species migration, Indigenous-led tree species conservation, and more. Interprétation française en direct disponible.

This is a Canada Climate Week Xchange (CCWX)–approved event. Learn more about CCWX, this year’s Climate Champions and other events happening across the country by visiting https://www.ccwx.ca/.

Sessions:

Tree species climate adaptation: what and why? 

Dan McKenney, Director, Integrative Ecology and Economics, Natural Resources Canada

Seed and seedling sourcing; the importance of seed provenance 

Kerry McLaven, Chief Executive Officer, Forest Gene Conservation Association

Operational Assisted Migration: Early Tree Establishment Outcomes from Petawawa Research Forest 

Trevor Jones, Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada

Restoring Northern Forests: Community-led Stewardship in the Tekwänt’e Man Forest and the Et’o Nyäk Tagé Valley 

Naomi Butterfield, Intermediate Restoration Ecologist, Yukon Seed & Restoration

Assisted tree seedlot migration in British Columbia and the Climate Based Seed Transfer System (CBST) 

Greg O'Neill, Climate Change Adaptation Scientist, BC Ministry of Forests