Private forest owners facing climate change in Wallonia Adaptive capacity and practices》.pdf

e n v i r o n m e n t a l s c i e n c e p o l i c y 5 2 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 5 1– 6 0 Available online at ScienceDirect journal homepage: /locate/envsci Private forest owners facing climate change in Wallonia: Adaptive capacity and practices * Valentine van Gameren , Edwin Zaccai Institute for Environmental Management and Land-use Planning, Center of Studies on Sustainable Development, ´ de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue FD Roosevelt B (cp 130/03), 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium Universite Libre a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: To understand and guide present and future adaptation to climate change, in-depth field Available online 22 May 2015 studies are required in many sectors. The forestry sector, with its long time laps between decisions to plant and harvesting stands, is among the most relevant to investigate in this Keywords: respect. This contribution analyzes the results of a survey conducted in Wallonia (Belgium) Climate change among private forest owners (PFO) and an array of organizations, both public and private, Adaptive capacity that influence these owners’ actions. The objective of our research is to investigate already Adaptive practice implemented or envisaged practices of climate change adaptation as well as the adaptive Forest management capacity of these PFOs. In this respect, adaptive capacity is defined as ‘‘the ability of systems, Wallonia