PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of this project is to improve provincial seed transfer policy and operational forest management response to climate change by:

1. comparing the adaptive portfolio of operational seedlots from tree breeding programs and seed orchards to the climatic distribution and landscape genomics of natural populations;
2. developing strategies for operational seed transfer that will reduce the risk of loss of forest productivity and health due to maladaptation in planted forests;
3. evaluating ecological, economic, social, and legal implications of these results for forest-dependent communities and ecosystems.

For more specific information, visit our “Research” webpage.

For a general explanation of the current and future climatic and ecological conditions and the factors motivating this research visit our “For the public” webpage.