Connect ctin ing Fu Future re Fibre re Supply to Genetic ics, Silv lvic icult lture and a Changin ing Clim imate! Patrick Lenz Research Scientist Canadian Wood Fibre Centre February 14, 2018 Fe 2017-18 CIF e-Lecture Series “Innovative Solutions to Respond to the Challenge of a Changing Climate” 1 1
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Partic icip ipants Patrick Lenz Tim im Keddy Wood Fib ibre Rese search Development Scie ientist st – CWFC, Specia ialis list LFC CWFC, NoFC Mike Jeff Fera Cosmin Filipescu Janice e Cooke Michele Nathalie Isabel John Pedlar Mike Cruickshank Fore rest Research Fullarton Hoepting Research University of Biologist Research Research Scientist – CW CWFC, C, Forester Alberta Govt of NB Scientist – CFS, GLFC CWFC, GLFC Scientist – PFC Officer CWFC, C, LFC CWFC, C, PFC CWFC, GLFC 2
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Projects • from a wide geographicrange; • focussingon different species and ecosystems; All aiming at an improved future fibre supply throughappropriate stand establishment practices. 3
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Stand establishment practices for resilient forests (CWFC collaborative research project 3.1) Research topics CFS program: • Genetic and genomic tools for advanced SustainableFibre Solutions tree breeding • Assisted migration techniques • Vegetation management and pre- Output 3: Growing Resilient Forests commercial thinning practices to enhance for a Sustainable Fibre Supply resilience and productivity • Adjusted stocking standards for future Stand Establishment conditions Practices • Growing stands for specific type of fibre • … Silvilculturalsolutions for short-term timber supply Wood fibre for bio- economy opportunities 4
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Stand establishment practices for resilient forests (CWFC collaborative research project 3.1) Research topics CFS program: • Genetic and genomic tools for advanced SustainableFibre Solutions tree breeding • Assisted migration techniques • Vegetation management and pre- Output 3: Growing Resilient Forests commercial thinning practices to enhance for a Sustainable Fibre Supply resilience and productivity • Adjusted stocking standards for future Stand Establishment conditions Practices • Stand growing for specific type of fibre • … Linking to other CFS programs: Sustainable Forest Forest Climate Change Pest Risk Management Management 5
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Future fibre supply … first thoughts of a geneticist … • Need of superior planting stock • Improved properties for growth, wood and … what els e? • Climate Change will continuously influence our choice of traits to improve and how we manage plantations and forests. • Create resilient forests • Rapid and flexible tree breeding approaches using genomic tools. • Genomic selection modelling • Pedigree control 6
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Co-lead in Genome Canada financed applied partnership project: Project aim : Prediction of genetic value based on • Implementation of genomic selection in genetic markers will significantly speed spruce breeding programs in provinces of up the improvement of plantingstock. QC and NB (MFFPQ, NBTIC and JD Irving Ltd; co-lead: U Laval and CWFC) 7
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Genome Canada large-scale project, lead: U. Laval & UBC CFS Co-PIs : Nathalie Isabel et Patrick Lenz General goal • Improve phenotyping and genomic selection of complex traits. • Precision phenotyping of drought resistance (collab.: U. Toronto) • Nutrient use efficiency (collab.: U of Alberta) prepare for environmental changes understand mechanisms and select E Dussault, CFS more resilient trees 8
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Genome Canada large-scale project, lead: U. Laval & UBC CFS Co-PIs : Nathalie Isabel et Patrick Lenz • End product relevant wood quality traits: stiffness and wood uniformity (U. Laval) • Optimized stem form and branching for optimal processing. • Biomass and chemical composition as novel bio-economy traits. VT-Institute D Blanchette Produce high valued products Diversify product basket: bio-products , carbon sequestration credits 9
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture So … what else do we need besides good seedlings?? Once seedlings are in the ground: • How do we mange plantations and forests for resilient fibre supply? • What are actually the risks arising from changing climate? • How do we expect trees to react under altered climate? • How can we augment resilience to (more intense) pest and diseases? 10
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Vu Vuln lnerabili lity Assessment for Clim imate Change at the Petawawa Re Research Forest - an example le for the Great Lakes – St. . Lawrence forest regio ion 11
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Project Objective: A vulnerability assessment for climate change at the Petawawa Research Forest (PRF) aims to evaluate the risks and opportunities which a changing climate may impose on sustainably managing the forest in the future for forest research, forest operations and regional leadership. By undertaking this is ass ssess ssment this is project hopes to achie ieve: Rese search: Smart investments for innovative research Knowledge to inform forest managers and policy decisions on advanced solutions to challenges facing the forest sector concerning climate change Connect to external forest adaptation to climate change research networks (national and international) Operatio ions: s: Provide information that will allow climate change associated risks and opportunities, and adaptation and/or mitigation measures to be incorporated in the development of the next iteration of a sustainable forest management plan for the PRF Leadership ip: Regional demonstration of undertaking of a VACC at the scale of a forest management unit Demonstration of utilizing information from a VACC to enhance a sustainable forest management plan (SFMP). Demonstration of on-the-ground silvicultural options to enhance sustainable forest management within a changing climate Edwards, J.E., Pearce, C., Ogden, A.E., and Williamson, T.B. 2015. Climate change and sustainable forest management in Canada: a guidebook for assessing vulnerability and mainstreaming adaptation into decision making. Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, Ottawa, Ontario. 160 p. 12
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Mappin ing vuln lnerabilit ilityand it’s components Volume exposed Exposure x Sensitivity Drought vulnerability PRF for 2071-2100 projection, RCP 8.5 Boisvert-Marsh, Aubin et al. Dec 2017 13
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Adaptive Silviculture fo for Climate Change (ASCC CC) 14
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Partners Isabelle Aubin, Research Scientist, NRCan : Tree sensitivity to climate change mapping tool - Integrating ecological knowledge to biophysical predictions for a more accurate assessment of tree vulnerability to climate change (Aubin et al. 2016). Dan McKenney, Research Scientist, NRCan : Customized spatial climate models for North America - Geographical climate model for predictions of possible climatic conditions under various climate change scenarios (McKenney et al. 2011). Seedwhere model, a wed based application to assist matching tree seed sources to climatic appropriate conditions (McKenney et al. 1999) Murray Woods, Researcher, NRCan/OMNRF : Use existing LiDAR-derived enhanced forest inventory and associated products (e.g. digital terrain model, wet areas mapping) for forest metrics information. Anthony Taylor, Research Scientist, NRCan : Climate Change impacts on forest modelling (Boulanger et al. 2016). Frédérik Doyon, Research Scientist, Institut des Sciences de la Forét tempérée, Université du Québec en Outaouais : Design of a procedure of silvicultural diagnosis that aims at reinforcing the adaptativecapacity to climate change of hardwood and pine stands. 15
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Enhancin ing forest productiv ivit ity, , valu lue, , and healt lth through silvicult lture • Portfolio of studies (8 studies, est. 1952-2015) • Common objectives: timing and intensity of vegetation management and density regulation • Team: M.Hoepting, N.Thiffault, J.Farrell, J.Fera, I.Aubin, K.Santala 16
Connecting Future Fibre Supply to Genetics, Silviculture and a Changing Climate - CIF e-Lecture Enhancin ing forest productiv ivit ity, , valu lue, , and healt lth through silvicult lture 17
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