1. An Introduction to Case Study 2: The Duck Mountain Forest Management Unit Climate Change and Forests: Making Adaptation a Reality Winnipeg, MB Nov 18 & 19, 2003

2. Background & Context Sustainable management of a 600,000 ha landscape in SW Manitoba Stakeholders include co-management board, adjacent land owners, and conservation organizations. Photo of general landscape

3. Biophysical / Ecological Considerations Key consideration 1: Provincial mandate to require SFM and ecosystem-based management Key consideration 2: Increase in disturbance agents; suppress, prevent, ?? Photo of mixedwoods Photo of insect defoliation/fire

4. Biophysical / Ecological Considerations Climate issue: Productivity – may increase or decrease; difficult to predict Other issue: Long- term influence of age-class distribution on wood supply, biodiversity, recreation etc.

5. Socio-economic Considerations Key consideration 1: Maintain employment and productivity of OSB mill Key consideration 2: Maintain potential for outdoor recreation in provincial park mill recreation

6. Socio-economic Considerations Climate issue: How will co-management board deal with a changing environment? Other issue: How do we accommodate changes in both agriculture and forest management? Co-management board agriculture

7. Prov gov’t Policy & Institutional Considerations Key consideration 1: Use the 20-year management plan to integrate climate vulnerabilities and adaptation options Key consideration 2: What is the provincial government’s role? 20-yr management plan

8. Policy & Institutional Considerations Climate issue: Will current policy regime allow adaptation options to be implemented? Other: Shortage of resources in communities, government and industry: $$, people, knowledge. $$$ $ The old days Now