European Tropical Forest Research Network

Rehabilitation of degraded lands in Sub-Saharan Africa

Drylands discussion theme IV: Climate change and dry land forests

Moderator: Frank Berninger, VITRI, University of Helsinki.

• Climate constraints on forests
• Forest effects on climate
• Implications for sustainable management of climate change
• Impacts on biodiversity of climate change
• Hydrology, carbon sequestration and other concerns.

Discussion paper: Climate change, its impacts and carbon sequestration by Frank Berninger. (Word 24 kb, pdf 15 kb)

Summary: Climate change by Jörn Laxen

For more information on Climate change and forests, see this ETFRN topic page