Primary Convener:
Mahdi Andre Nakhavali, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Convener:
Fulvio Di Fulvio, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Justin Baker, North Carolina State University Raleigh
Amanda Palazzo, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Chair:
Mahdi Andre Nakhavali, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Fulvio Di Fulvio, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Forest ecosystems are being increasingly recognized by their pivotal positions in global carbon cycling, biodiversity conservation, climate, and ecosystem services provision. Significant progress has been made over recent years in empirical data collection methods and modeling techniques used to investigate forest ecosystem processes across a range of climatic conditions and levels of management intensity. This session seeks to compile multidisciplinary research. Contributions are invited on topics including novel monitoring advancements, recent improvements in modeling frameworks, integration of empirical information and new modeling approaches, integration of climate change effects on forest disturbances, role of agroforestry systems, and evaluation of climate change adaptation as well as climate change mitigation strategies. By emphasizing empirical data use and modeling advances, the session aims to provoke an academic discussion on recent challenges and practical measures that inform sustainable forest management and conservation policy in the context of climate and global change uncertainties.

Index Terms
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
0428 Carbon cycling
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics
0466 Modeling

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus

Co-Organized Sessions:
Informatics