System · Rationale

Forest

Natural ecosystem dominated by trees and associated woody vegetation, providing biomass, biodiversity, and regulating services.

Definition source: AGROVOC: forests

Synonyms

Forest landscape

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

Tropical forest, Boreal and temperate forest, Mangrove forest

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: exposed to climate hazards including drought, fire, pests, and warming.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_040 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_040
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_040)