THE
NORTH AMERICAN FOREST COMMISSION:
Atmospheric Change & Forests
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Mission:
The
Atmospheric Change and Forests Working Group promotes the knowledge of
forest ecosystems through the science and monitoring of the effects of
atmospheric pollutants on these forests, through international cooperation
and dissemination of new technologies and techniques among the cooperating
countries.
Objectives:
- Promote the collection, exchange and dissemination of information and techniques in the field of monitoring of forest health and the evaluation of the effects of atmospheric changes on forests.
- Prepare publications on the state of the health of forests in North America based on the monitoring of forest health conditions in the three countries.
- Foster international cooperation, in the field of detection and effects of atmospheric changes on forests, within North America among scientists and forest managers and other natural resource agencies.
- Foster communication with other NAFC Working Groups and with those of other FAO Forestry Commissions.
- Latest minutes from the Working Group meeting in Queretero, Mexico in October 2001 are now available:
- The Working Group
is currently preparing a pamphlet on the impacts of tropospheric ozone
on sensitive
forest ecosystems of North America (to be published late 2002-early 2003).
- Minutes (October 3-5, 2000) available in:
- Health of North American Forests, published in 1996 by the Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa, Ontario K1A0E4, catalogue no. Fo42-252/1996, ISBN 0-662-62141-7, Available in English, French and Spanish
- Research studies in the "Desierto de los Leones" regional park in the Federal District of Mexico include: Ozone & Meteorological Monitoring
- Sedimentation of Nitrates and Sulfates in Pinus hartwegli
- Ozone damage-tolerant native clones of Prunus caulil
- Filter pack monitoring using Estc flow-controlled pumps
- Canadian system for early detection of acid rain
- Passive ozone monitoring
- Historical record of the Atmospheric Changes and Forests Study Group: contact Elvia Niebla, US Forest Service
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