That is a very good question, but it is a bit outside my area of expertise.
I think we need to try to move away from the way we are doing things now. We need to realize that we have always thought that the forest was relatively stable, it did not change, climate was constant, and we could predict what was going to happen in the next 150 years. That is no longer the case. Change is also happening fast. The level of uncertainty is rising. So the situation is going to call for completely different approaches and also for changes to our laws and regulations.
Every province of Canada has regulations requiring that the same tree species or group of species be planted as were cut. If we continue doing forestry this way, however, we are going to ensure that our forests are ill adapted to future changes. So I think there should be major regulatory changes to facilitate adaptation. We also need to expand forest diversity, not just within a stand, but also in the broader landscape. Doing this would reduce the spread of insects and fires.
We have to adopt a variety of approaches. In fact, when I give my presentations, I often say that we absolutely have to almost completely change the way we manage our forests. The good news for the forestry industry is that logging could help to speed up the adaptation process. In that case, however, diversification would have to be encouraged.