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==== 13.5.2.3 Forests ====

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Forest management has been adopted as a frequent strategy to cope with drought, reduce fire risk, and maintain biodiverse landscapes and rural jobs ( [[#Hlásny--2014|Hlásny et al., 2014]] ; [[#Fernández-Manjarrés--2018|Fernández-Manjarrés et al., 2018]] ). Successful adaptation strategies include altering the tree species composition to enhance the resilience of European forests ( ''high confidence'' ) ( [[#Schelhaas--2015|Schelhaas et al., 2015]] ; [[#Zubizarreta-Gerendiain--2017|Zubizarreta-Gerendiain et al., 2017]] ; [[#Pukkala--2018|Pukkala, 2018]] ). Greater diversity of tree species reduces vulnerability to pests and pathogens ( [[#Felton--2016|Felton et al., 2016]] ), and increases resistance to natural disturbances ( ''high confidence'' ) ( [[#Jactel--2017|Jactel et al., 2017]] ; [[#Pukkala--2018|Pukkala, 2018]] ; [[#Pardos--2021|Pardos et al., 2021]] ). Depending on forest successional history ( [[#Sheil--2020|Sheil and Bongers, 2020]] ), tree composition change can increase carbon sequestration ( ''high confidence'' ) ( [[#Liang--2016|Liang et al., 2016]] ), biodiversity and water quality ( [[#Felton--2016|Felton et al., 2016]] ). Conservation areas can also help climate-change adaptation by keeping the forest cover intact, creating favourable microclimates and protecting biodiversity ( ''low confidence'' ) ( [[#Jantke--2016|Jantke et al., 2016]] ).

Reforestation reduces warming rates ( [[#Zellweger--2020|Zellweger et al., 2020]] ) and extremely warm days (Sonntag et al., 2016) inside forests, reducing natural disturbances and fires ( ''high confidence'' ). Active management approaches can limit the impact of fires ( [[#13.3.1|Section 13.3.1]] ) on forest productivity, including fuel reduction management, prescribed burning, changing from conifers to deciduous, less flammable species, and recreating mixed forests ( [[#Feyen--2020|Feyen et al., 2020]] ) and agroforestry ( [[#Damianidis--2020|Damianidis et al., 2020]] ).

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