Presenting a climate-smart forestry evaluation framework based on national forest inventories

Climate-smart forestry (CSF) has gained increasing attention in recent years. Yet, a framework to assess the three pillars of CSF, terms mitigation and adaptation climate change ecosystem service (ES) provision based on national forest inventory (NFI) data is currently lacking. In this study, we present an assessment CSF indicators derived from NFI. To quantify defined 1) carbon stock, 2) using biodiversity susceptibility disturbances caused by storm bark beetles 3) ES with timber production protection against avalanches rockfall. We demonstrate application Swiss NFI projections future development under four different management scenarios. Our results show that, general, stock at scale when current practices are maintained. Increases especially pronounced Jura Southern Alps regions. Trade-offs occur between enhancing adaption, sustainable such as production. Scenarios increased harvesting intensities lead higher supply short-term, while decreasing biodiversity-related old-growth protective function forests. The indicator presented study provides first methodological approach that can support policy making balance services context CSF.