CLIMATE-CHANGE AND FORESTRY - WHAT POLICY FOR CANADA

On the basis of projected global climate change, Canada is expected to experience large land-use impacts. As indicated in this paper, forest ry and agriculture are likely to be net gainers from climate change, w ith Canada as a whole possibly gaining from global warming. Adaptation to climate change will require shifting land out of forestry and into agricultural activities. Nonetheless, cost-effective mitigation strat egies will likely involve the opposite - planting trees on agricultura l land. The quandary for decision makers is whether to pursue mitigati on strategies that could be to the detriment of future adaptation.