Until now, there have been few strategies for adapting forest and conservation management to climate change and the transfer of science-informed knowledge to practice is
still poorly developed as recommendations are often too general. However, in regions
characterised by a high vulnerability to climate change, practitioners in forestry and
conservation management already have to cope with the impacts of climate change.
Against this backdrop, the article of Milad et al. (2013) analyses currently implemented
and planned adaptation measures in forest management in Germany as well as the
underlying motivations for their implementation. By conducting expert interviews with
practitioners of different forest ownership classes in different regions in Germany the
authors show that both regional vulnerability to climate change and personal values affect
the implementation of adaptation measures. So far, adaptation measures are rather broad
and are, above all, aimed at the reduction of risks related to forest production. The authors
conclude that the development of consistent and regionalized adaptation strategies for
forest management and the adequate transfer of these into practice are particularly
important for conserving forest biodiversity in the context of climate change