October 2013

Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

Western US fire ecologists suggest forest fire management policies in the face of climate change.

Volcanic forcing during the Common Era re-evaluated based on new ice core evidence

Assessments of climate sensitivity to projected greenhouse gas concentrations underpin environmental policy decisions, with such assessments primarily based on model simulations of climate during recent centuries and millennia.

Research of the old growth Fitzroya cupressoides forests in Chile as a basis for their conservation and restoration

My talk will refer to  the value of Fitzroya forests from a scientific point of view (climate and fire records, productivity), the ecosystem services they deliver to society and their historic and cultural relevance. This as a basis to design and promote their conservation and restoration.