12th Forestry & Agriculture Modeling Forum

The Forum's purpose is to bring together leading researchers from around the world for dialogue and collaboration around biophysical and economic modeling and empirical analysis of natural disturbances, carbon sequestration, resilience, and bioenergy potential in the agriculture and forestry sectors.

The Forum provides a unique venue for agriculture and forestry modelers from U.S. and Canadian government agencies, universities, and research institutions to share ideas and foster collaboration. There is a high level of market integration between these countries, making it important to accurately reflect trade and other linkages. In addition, modeling techniques developed in applications for one country are often readily transferable to the other.

The objective is to provide information useful for public and private strategic analysis and planning of domestic and international policy options for carbon sequestration and natural disturbance mitigation, while examining biomass potential for bioenergy and broader global biophysical and economic changes.