Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy
Climate is a critical driver in shaping patterns of tree distribution and productivity in Canadian forests. Canada’s climate is changing and, as a result, tree populations may become maladapted to the climate at their current growing locations. In 2020, Ontario updated its tree seed transfer policy...
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Canadian Institute of Forestry
2022-11-01
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| author | Betty van Kerkhof Ken A. Elliott Pengxin Lu Daniel W. McKenney William C. Parker John H. Pedlar Ngaire Roubal |
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| description | Climate is a critical driver in shaping patterns of tree distribution and productivity in Canadian forests. Canada’s climate is changing and, as a result, tree populations may become maladapted to the climate at their current growing locations. In 2020, Ontario updated its tree seed transfer policy to respond to the evolving natural, operational, scientific, and policy environments, including a changing climate. Collaboration among federal and provincial science, operations, and policy staff was essential to update the policy, which involved a custom climate similarity analysis, a related assessment of critical seed transfer distances, various engagement efforts to assess end-user receptivity, and the development of an online interactive tool to allow users to explore seed transfer options under climate change. Here we describe several factors considered during the policy update, major steps in the update process, and highlights of the outcome. The intent of this effort is to support other jurisdictions considering similar changes and to emphasize the need for a changing culture in seed procurement and management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d4044f6c0c264086bf03b7818324abf82025-08-20T04:00:45ZengCanadian Institute of ForestryThe Forestry Chronicle0015-75461499-93152022-11-01981445310.5558/tfc2022-002Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policyBetty van Kerkhof0Ken A. Elliott1Pengxin Lu2Daniel W. McKenney3William C. Parker4John H. Pedlar5Ngaire Roubal6Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (retired), Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioOntario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, (retired), Peterborough, OntarioOntario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioNatural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioOntario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioNatural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioOntario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioClimate is a critical driver in shaping patterns of tree distribution and productivity in Canadian forests. Canada’s climate is changing and, as a result, tree populations may become maladapted to the climate at their current growing locations. In 2020, Ontario updated its tree seed transfer policy to respond to the evolving natural, operational, scientific, and policy environments, including a changing climate. Collaboration among federal and provincial science, operations, and policy staff was essential to update the policy, which involved a custom climate similarity analysis, a related assessment of critical seed transfer distances, various engagement efforts to assess end-user receptivity, and the development of an online interactive tool to allow users to explore seed transfer options under climate change. Here we describe several factors considered during the policy update, major steps in the update process, and highlights of the outcome. The intent of this effort is to support other jurisdictions considering similar changes and to emphasize the need for a changing culture in seed procurement and management.https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2022-002climate changecritical seed transfer distanceforest regenerationSeedwheretree seedchangements climatiques |
| spellingShingle | Betty van Kerkhof Ken A. Elliott Pengxin Lu Daniel W. McKenney William C. Parker John H. Pedlar Ngaire Roubal Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy The Forestry Chronicle climate change critical seed transfer distance forest regeneration Seedwhere tree seed changements climatiques |
| title | Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| title_full | Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| title_short | Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| title_sort | enhancing forest resilience advances in ontario s wild tree seed transfer policy |
| topic | climate change critical seed transfer distance forest regeneration Seedwhere tree seed changements climatiques |
| url | https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2022-002 |
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