Climate change is a hot issue.
Although forests can be viewed as carbon sinks, the Forest Conservation Programme is more concerned with the effect of climate change on forests rather than the potential of forests to slow climate change. As such, the key question is how to adapt forest conservation policies and practices to mitigate the impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent peoples. A joint programme of work with the IUCN Climate Change Programme. The Forest Conservation Programme has started to develop a joint programme of work with the IUCN Climate Change Programme focusing on climate change and forest biodiversity. The primary emphasis will be on providing scientifically credible advice to policy makers and practitioners on how to adapt forest conservation policies and practices to mitigate the impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent peoples.