Climate-Ready and Adapted Agroforest and ForesTs (CRAAFT): An international research initiative on adaptation of forest and agroforests to climate change

• DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/qpm4w_v1
• Publication Date: 2025-05-13T18:32:43Z
• Authors: Philippe Rozenberg; Nils Ferrand; Maria-Elena Ferna...; Alexia Stokes; Henrik Hartmann; Mercy Afua Adutwu...; Sally Aitken; Amy Duchelle; Bruno Fady; Oliver Gailing; Jessica Halofsky; Carole Kerdelhué; Kostya Krutovsky; Georges Kunstler; Donald Midoko Iponga; Arthur Perroton; Markus Mueller; Annabel Porté; Suzanne Prober; Silvio Schueler; Sabas Barima; Ivan Scotti; Susan Stein; Eshetu Yirdaw; Claire Depardieu

Climate change is rapidly disrupting forest and agroforest ecosystems, with rising temperatures, extreme events, and species shifts threatening their health and resilience. Proactive management strategies are crucial to ensuring the continued provision of essential ecosystem services. Despite significant progress in forest-climate research, gaps remain in integrating monitoring data, modeling future conditions, and developing context-specific adaptation strategies. International cooperation is essential, as climate impacts and ecological processes transcend national borders. The Climate-Ready and Adapted Agroforests and Forests initiative (CRAAFT) aims to enhance knowledge and develop tools for adaptive forest management. By integrating biological, ecological, economic, and social sciences, CRAAFT focuses on improving resilience through international collaboration, data sharing, and the use of innovative technologies. The initiative promotes transformative adaptation strategies that balance biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision, and sustainable resource use. Through a global research strategy, CRAAFT aims to improve forecasting, develop operational frameworks, and foster knowledge exchange to deliver actionable solutions for forest adaptation.