The impact of climate change on the ecosystem services of Swiss forests
Ulrike Hiltner, Harald Bugmann, Micah Wilhelm, Arthur Gessler
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Hiltner U., Bugmann H., Wilhelm M., Gessler A. (2026) The impact of climate change on the ecosystem services of Swiss forests. Programme NCCS-Impacts. Zürich: National Centre for Climat Services NCCS; Birmensdorf: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 4 p.
Drought, storms, and pest infestations are increasing as a result of climate change and fundamentally altering the ecological conditions for forests in Switzerland. This jeopardizes key ecosystem services such as timber production, protection against natural hazards, and the provision of habitat for native biodiversity. Empirical knowledge and traditional planning tools such as yield tables are indispensable, but they reach their limits in forestry practice when it comes to making decisions for the coming decades regarding sustainable tree species or the development of timber stocks. The factsheet presents how the apps work as well as exemplary results.
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This work was funded by the National Centre for Climate Services NCCS and carried out as part of the programme “Decision Support for Dealing with Climate Change in Switzerland (NCCS-Impacts)” as part of the project “Impacts of climate change on ecosystem services”.