Revisiting the Functional Zoning Concept under Climate Change to Expand the Portfolio of Adaptation Options

Climate change is threatening our ability to manage forest ecosystems sustainably. Despite strong consensus on the need for a broad portfolio of options face this challenge, diversified management have yet be widely implemented. Inspired by functional zoning, concept aimed at optimizing biodiversity conservation and wood production in multiple-use landscapes, we present that intersects objectives with vulnerability better address wide range goals inherent under climate change. Using approach, illustrate how different adaptation could implemented when faced impacts related its uncertainty. These from establishing ecological reserves climatic refuges, where self-organizing processes can result resilient forests, intensive plantation silviculture ensure stable supply an uncertain future. While measures forests are less vulnerable correspond traditional zoning objectives, higher might candidates transformative as they may more susceptible abrupt changes structure composition. To applied, theoretical case study eastern boreal Canada. Even if these supported solid evidence, their implementation across landscape some challenges will require good communication among stakeholders public.