SFWF: Southern Forests Water Futures (GWF Pillar 1)

Section 1: Project Information

Project Name

Led by

	Lead 1	Lead 2	Lead 3	Lead 4
Name	Altaf Arain
Institution	McMaster University
Role	PI
Contact Information	arainm@mcmaster.ca 905 525 9140 ext 27941

Classification (e.g., "GWF Pillar 3", "CCRN", etc.)

GWF Pillar 1

Project Websites

http://www.southernforestswaterfuture.ca

Project Description

Southern Forests Water Futures Project strives to improve our understanding of biogeochemical and hydrologic cycles in both conifer and deciduous forests and to develop management strategies that can enhance sustainable development of forest water resources and improve forest resilience to negative impacts of climate change.

This project will:
-provide knowledge, tools and techniques to better manage forest ecosystems and water resources
-help in developing next-generation ecosystem and hydrologic models to be used in Canadian regional and global climate models to predict future climate and hydrologic regimes, and
-formulate climate change mitigation and adaptation plans to secure water resources.

Project Participants

Name	Role	Position, Institution, and Contact Information

Current Status of this Project

○ Planned

◉ In Progress

○ Abandoned

○ Complete