Forests, trees and water on a changing planet: a contemporary scientific perspective.
Abstract
This introductory chapter provides details on the following: (i) policy context; (ii) the climate-forest-water-people system; (iii) risks to the climate-forest-water-people system; (iv) structure of the report- considering risk in a systematic way; (v) strong foundations and emerging perspectives; (vi) no simple rules to guide policy- perspectives addressed in this assessment; and (vii) scope and objectives of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water.