School of Forest Sciences - News

The Master of Science in European Forestry programme has successfully completed its second-term accreditation.

Tuulikki Halla, MSocSci, Forest Engineer, examined forest professionals’ relationships with forests and the role of these meanings in forest-related conflicts.

Philip Chambers, MSc (Agr & For), investigated how gamification and playful approaches can help collect forest data to inform forest planning decision-making.

A total of 24 professors will give inaugural lectures on the key themes of their research.

Fast-growing poplar plantations can improve functional connectivity for forest birds in fragmented agricultural landscapes, provided they are strategically located and species have moderate to high dispersal capacity.

MSc Reinis Cimdins's research focuses on assessing forest structural complexity in boreal forests using laser scanning technologies such as airborne laser scanning and terrestrial laser scanning.

Researchers have created maps identifying forest stands where bark beetle damage is more likely to occur.

A new study shows how climate and light conditions interaction affect the early growth in abarco, a highly valued tropical timber species.

The University of Eastern Finland has been selected as the first partner in the UPM program, with a focus on water protection.

Fifteen doctoral researchers will be recruited to the University of Eastern Finland’s new multidisciplinary doctoral programme.