Forests will be highly sensitive to climate change. Boreal and tropical montane forests may be the most vulnerable forest types.
Forests are also the largest storehouses of carbon.
The Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention could create powerful new incentives for forest activities to enhance carbon sequestration in industrialized countries, and possibly even developing countries. The Initiative and the Forest Conservation Programme are developing a joint program to maintain and restore forest ecosystems in order to respond to climate change. Wetlands and water resources . Changes in climate will likely have major impacts on regional water resources and the geographical distribution of wetlands. Wetlands, particularly peatlands, are storehouses of carbon, and their loss leads to greenhouse gas emissions.