Climate change and adaptation in forestry

Climate change scenarios for Nepal show considerable convergence on continued warming, Warming trends have already had significant impacts in the Nepal Himalayas -most significantly in terms of glacier retreat such as increase in size and volume of glacial lakes, making them more prone to glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF).

Adaptation in Forestry
Forest covers 39.6 percent of the total land surface of Nepal, while the world’s 57 countries have less than 10% of their land area in forests. In addition to adapting forests to climate change, forests can play significant role in adaptation to climate change by helping human societies to adapt to climate change (FAO, 2007).

The first harbingers of forest climate change impacts are visible as forest decline on former permafrost soils in Canada and Alaska, as decline of cloud forests in the tropics, the global frequency and severity of forest fires, altered timing of seeding and as increased pest and disease outbreaks.The first harbingers of forest climate change impacts are visible as forest decline on former permafrost soils in Canada and Alaska, as decline of cloud forests in the tropics, the global frequency and severity of forest fires, altered timing of seeding and as increased pest and disease outbreaks.