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Summary of all technical sessions 

Session 1. Physiological responses of trees to climate 

Session 2. Climate-induced changes in forest ecosystems 

Session 3. Impacts of altered regimes to extreme abiotic events 

Session 4. Impacts of climate change on forest growth 

Session 5. Forest health: air pollution, pathogens and forest pests 

Session 6. Silviculture and production of wood and non-wood forest goods 

Session 7. Biodiversity, conservation and protective functions of forests 

Session 8. Socio-economic functions and livelihoods 

Session 9. Innovative management and policy approaches to climate change adaptation 

Session 10. Climate change and forest sector adaptive capacity 

Session 11. Tropical forest management and climate change adaptation 

Session 12. Genetic and physiological adaptation to a changing climate 

Session 13. Forest dieback and mass mortality: Assessment and early warning 

Session 14. Forest dieback and mass mortality: monitoring and mitigation of consequences 

Session 15. Scenarios and modelling for forest management planning 

Session 16. The 'Swedish Example' as a tool for global carbon mitigation 

Session 17. Opportunities for combining adaptation and mitigation 

Session 18. Wood as a green building material