Climate Change and Minnesota Forests: DNR Strategies
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The document discusses climate change and its impacts on Minnesota forests. It notes that the growing season has increased in length and temperature is rising at an accelerated rate likely due to human activities. It outlines various state policies and plans that recognize climate change as an issue. Potential impacts on forests include more wildfires, windthrow events, pest problems, and species composition changes. The DNR's strategy is to promote carbon sequestration, mitigate and adapt to climate change effects, and increase renewable energy use to help forests adapt to changes while helping reduce climate change impacts.
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Climate Change and Minnesota Forests: DNR Strategies
- 1. David Epperly, Director, Division of Forestry February 26, 2009 Climate Change and Minnesota Forests: An Overview of DNR Policy and Management Forest Values and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Minnesota
- 3. Evidence Growing season length, the number of days between freezing temperatures, has been increasing since early in the last century. During the last 30 years the rate of change has accelerated.
- 4. DNR The DNR recognizes that climate change (i.e., global warming) has occurred at rate higher than historical levels . The rate of warming is increasing and is likely to continue increasing. This accelerated rate of change is likely due to many factors, including human activities.
- 8. DNR Strategy 1: Promote the conservation of natural landscapes by advancing the development of conservation-based energy sources . Strategy 2: Mitigate and adapt to climate change and its effects by protecting and enhancing the capacity of natural lands to sequester carbon and by improving the resilience of natural lands to climate change. Strategy 3: Increase the energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in DNR operations. Goal: Influence energy and climate policies and decisions so that they promote the long-term quality and health of natural resources.
- 10. Questions? Midwestern Governor’s Association “Greenhouse Gas Accord” www.midwesterngovernors.org/energysummit.htm Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group www.mnclimatechange.us
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- Storyline: The DNR and the Division of Forestry have a responsibility to the citizens of Minnesota to protect and conserve our natural resources. (slide 2) The evidence of climate change growing and significant actions are being taken. (slides 3 - 6) Even though it is difficult to anticipate the challenges we face, some impacts appear likely will need to be addressed. (slide 7) 4) Our responsibilities include both (slide 7) mitigating climate change (reducing the magnitude of the change reducing greenhouse gas emission) and adapting to changes that will come about (by building resiliency in our natural systems, for example. 5) Our approach can be summarized in the following strategies and actions (slides 8 and 9)