 National adaptation plans are the main vehicle for a country to identify vulnerabilities and construct policies and measures to address these vulnerabilities to climate change in the middle and long term. The object of this publication is to support people preparing national adaptation plans in ministries and on the ground on how to integrate forest sentries in a very broad sense. The NAP because it is a national process involving all economic sectors, all ministries and with a mid and long term perspective is really the place where you can have this broad reflection on what it needs to think medium long term. In Uruguay was organized stakeholder dialogue in the livestock sector and they identified the need for more shade in the fields as essential for the quality and well-being of livestock especially with increased risks of heat waves. The experience of foresters who are used to manage the unknown for quite a long time is extremely useful. It helps to think systems that have built in themselves some resilience. Monitoring and reviewing is totally integrated in the NAPS itself. It's a fundamental step to allow for feedback loops of knowledge to change the measures and improve the way the NAP is designed and implemented. The ambition of this publication is to help the actors getting together to discuss issues in such a way that they can imagine a kind of shared and common adaptive future.