Silv@21 - advancing silviculture in Canadian forests : adapting to new realities from seed to timber

造林学有其语言根源，作为“森林护理”，并被认为是通过从种子选择到收获的生命序列来护理树木的科学和艺术。作为一门科学，造林学长期以来一直植根于过去;终身生长观察和过去的做法为当前的管理策略提供了信息。造林学目前正面临着前所未有的不确定性。过去对未来的启示这一前提正在受到挑战;事实证明，造林者使用的工具不足以充分为今后的林分生长和设计提供信息，公众对木材生产以外更广泛的可持续利用森林资源的期望日益复杂。总之，造林文化需要改变。Silv@21的最终目标是为决策者、管理者和规划者提供工具和实际解决方案，以调整其森林管理做法，提高对压力源的抵抗力和对干扰的恢复力，从而确保加拿大各地以森林为基础的社区的长寿。该联盟赠款将通过一个涉及三个主题的框架解决一套38个研究问题，即“观察”，“预期”，“适应”。在Observe中，我们将收集数据和创新工具，以促进创新的监测方法来评估树木生长和森林活力。在预期中，我们将改进森林生长模型和预测方法，以考虑气候现实并综合森林面临的多种干扰风险。在适应中，我们将实施和测试适应新的社会环境现实的创新造林处理和森林管理战略，从而努力确保加拿大各地纤维供应的可持续性。该研究将在森林过渡中心地点进行，该中心将在加拿大提供一系列12个区域重点领域。

Silviculture has its linguistic roots, as "care of the forest" and is recognised as the science and art of caring for trees through their life sequence from seed selection to harvesting. As a science, silviculture has long been rooted in the past; life long growth observations and past practices inform current management strategies. Silvicultural science is currently facing unprecedented uncertainty. The very premise of the past informing the future is being challenged; the tools that silviculturists use are proving to be insufficient to fully inform the future growth and design of stands, and the public expectation on the broader sustainable use of the forest resource beyond timber production is increasingly complex. In short, the culture of silviculture needs to change. The ultimate aim of Silv@21 is to provide tools and practical solutions for decision-makers, managers and planners to adapt their forest management practices to improve both resistance to stressors and resilience to disturbance, and thereby ensure the longevity of forest-based communities across Canada. The Alliance grant will address a suite of 38 research questions through a framework involving a series of three themes i.e. 'Observe', 'Anticipate', 'Adapt'. In Observe we will assemble data and innovative tools to facilitate innovative monitoring approaches to assess tree growth and forest vigour. In Anticipate we will improve forest growth models and prediction methods to account for climate reality and synthesize the multiple disturbance risk forests face. In Adapt we will implement and test innovative silvicultural treatments and forest management strategies adapted to the new socio-environmental reality, thereby working to ensure the sustainability of the fibre supply across Canada. The research will take place in forest transition Hub sites which will offer a series of 12 regional focus areas across Canada.