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Description
The IUFRO report "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change – A Global Assessment Report" received significant media coverage around the world.
Background
Policy makers stated repeatedly a need for more complete scientific information on the ecological, social and economic impacts of climate change on forests and people to support management and policy decisions. Accordingly, adaptation of forests to climate change became the subject of the first scientific assessment of the GFEP initiative. An Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change was formed in late 2007 to carry out an assessment report. Their voluntary collaboration resulted in a most comprehensive assessment regarding i) the interrelations among forest ecosystems, the services they provide, and climate change, ii) the past and future impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems and the people that depend on these ecosystems, and iii) management and policy options for adaptation.
The assessment report was published in 2009 and formally presented at the 8th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) taking place 20 April - 1 May 2009 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.
Media coverage
Highlights of the media coverage include reports in Nature Magazine, BBC News, Reuters, Agence France Presse, Canwest News Service (Canada), Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Germany), Europa Press (Spain), Radio Canada, Radio France Internationale, Deutsche Welle Radio, Globe & Mail (Canada), Le Monde (France), Politiken (Denmark), Die Presse (Austria), Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy). Coverage of the IUFRO report ran in 16 languages, including Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norweigan, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Thai.
Links to selected media coverage
BBC News - Link to online article
BBC Green Room - Link to online article
Reuters - Link to online article
Nature News - Link to online article
Le Figaro (France) - Link to online article
Le Monde (France) - Link to scanned article
Globe & Mail (Canada) - Link to scanned article
Politiken (Denmark) - Link to scanned article
Times of India - Link to scanned article
AFP Korean - Link to online article