Forests, trees and water on a changing planet: a contemporary scientific perspective.

Published online
28 Mar 2019
Content type
Bulletin article
URL
https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/iufro-series/ws38/ws38.pdf

Author(s)
Creed, I. F. & Noordwijk, M. van
Contact email(s)
irena.creed@usask.ca & m.vannoordwijk@cgiar.org

Publication language
English

Abstract

This introductory chapter provides details on the following: (i) policy context; (ii) the climate-forest-water-people system; (iii) risks to the climate-forest-water-people system; (iv) structure of the report- considering risk in a systematic way; (v) strong foundations and emerging perspectives; (vi) no simple rules to guide policy- perspectives addressed in this assessment; and (vii) scope and objectives of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water.

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