A5077582594- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Corporate Governance and Management
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2012-2024
University of Jyväskylä
2019-2024
Various national policies guide forest use, but often with competing policy objectives leading to divergent management paradigms. Incoherent may negatively impact the sustainable provision of ecosystem services (FES), and multifunctionality. There is uncertainty among policymakers about impacts on real world. We translated documents Finland into scenarios including quantitative demands for FES, representing: strategy (NFS), biodiversity (BDS), bioeconomy (BES). simulated a Finland-wide...
Abstract The European Union (EU) set clear climate change mitigation targets to reach neutrality, accounting for forests and their woody biomass resources. We investigated the consequences of increased harvest demands resulting from EU targets. analysed impacts on national policy objectives forest ecosystem services biodiversity through empirical simulation multi-objective optimization methods. show that key timber-producing countries – Finland, Sweden, Germany (Bavaria) cannot fulfil linked...
Forests provide a wide variety of ecosystem services (ES) to society. The boreal biome is experiencing the highest rates warming on planet and increasing demand for forest products. To foresee how maximize adaptation forests future warmer conditions growing demands products, we need better understanding relative importance management climate change supply services. Here, using Finland as case study, assessed potential range ES (timber, bilberry, cowberry, mushrooms, carbon storage, scenic...
Abstract Forest degradation induced by intensive forest management and temperature increase climate change are resulting in biodiversity decline boreal forests. Intensive high-end emission scenarios can further reduce the amount diversity of deadwood, limiting factor for habitats saproxylic species European The magnitude their combined effects how changes affect deadwood under a range poorly understood. We used growth simulations to evaluate will individually jointly red-listed Finland....
To mitigate climate change, several European countries have launched policies to promote the development of a renewable resource-based bioeconomy. These bioeconomy strategies plan use biological resources, which will increase timber and biomass demands potentially conflict with multiple other ecosystem services provided by forests. In addition, these forest (FES) are also influenced other, different, policy strategies, causing potential mismatch in proposed management solutions for achieving...
Close-to-nature forestry (CNF) has a long tradition in European Alpine forest management, playing crucial role ensuring the continuous provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including protection against natural hazards. However, climate change is causing huge uncertainties about future applicability CNF region. The question arises as to whether current practices are still suitable for adapting forests impacts while also meeting increasing societal demands regarding forests, their...
Strategic long-term planning of mountain forests in the European Alps requires a balancing act between sustaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) mitigating disturbance risks, particularly under climate change. In this context, close-to-nature forestry (CNF) is considered an effective strategy to adapt change while BES. However, it remains unclear for management whether current CNF strategies sufficiently reduce forests’ predisposition climate-change-induced shifts...
Die prognostizierte Zunahme von extremen Störungsereignissen wie Borkenkäferbefall und Windwurf im Kontext des Klimawandels stellt die Schweizer Waldbewirtschaftung vor grosse Herausforderungen. Besonders betroffen sind fichtendominierte Gebirgswälder, grossflächig verbreitet häufig eine zentrale Schutzfunktion gegenüber Naturgefahren erfüllen. WSL erarbeitet zusammen mit der Praxis Grundlagen für Priorisierung Bewirtschaftung dieser Wälder unter dem Einfluss Störungen. Dazu werden räumliche...
Abstract Background Scenario analyses that evaluate management effects on the long-term provision and sustainability of forest ecosystem services biodiversity (ESB) also need to account for disturbances. The objectives this study were reveal potential trade-offs synergies between ESB disturbance predisposition at scale a whole country. Methods empirical scenario model MASSIMO was used simulate development from years 2016 2106 5086 sample plots Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI). We...
European countries have national sectoral polices to regulate and promote the provision of a wide range forest ecosystems services (FES). However, potential incoherencies among these policies can negatively affect efficient FES. In this work, we evaluated coherence three from Germany their ability effectively provide FES in future: Forest Strategy 2020 (FS), National on Biological Diversity (BDS), German Policy Bioeconomy (BES). Using inventory data Federal State Bavaria, simulated...
Land-use policies aim at enhancing the sustainable use of natural resources. The Triad approach has been suggested to balance social, ecological, and economic demands forested landscapes. core idea is enhance multifunctionality landscape level by allocating zones with specific management priorities, i.e., production (intensive management), multiple (extensive conservation (forest reserves). We tested efficiency identified respective proportion above-mentioned needed in Finnish forest Through...
Abstract Landscape multifunctionality, a widely accepted challenge for boreal forests, aims to simultaneously provide timber, non-timber ecosystem services, and shelter biodiversity. However, multifunctionality requires the use of novel forest management regimes optimally combined over landscape, an increased share sets asides. It remains unclear how this combination will shape stand vulnerability wind disturbances exposed timber volume. We growth simulations multi-objective optimization...
Abstract Mitigating future forest risks, safeguarding timber revenues and improving biodiversity are key considerations for current boreal management. Alternatives to rotation forestry likely have an important role, but how they will perform under a changing climate remains unclear. We used growth simulator explore variations on traditional clear-cutting, in length, thinning intensity, increasing number of remaining trees after final harvest (green tree retention), extent continuous cover...
Sustainable forest management plays a key role for biodiversity and the provisioning of ecosystem services (BES), including important service carbon sequestration climate change mitigation. Forest managers, however, find themselves in increasingly complex planning situation to balance often conflicting demands BES. To cope with this situation, prototype decision support system (DSS) strategic (long-term) at enterprise level was developed present project. The DSS applied three case study...
COVID-19 crisis has emphasized how poorly prepared humanity is to cope with global disasters. However, this also offers a unique opportunity move towards more sustainable and equitable future. Here, we identify the underlying environmental, social, economic chronic causes of crisis. We argue in favour holistic view initiate socio-economic transition improve prospects for sustainability human well-being. Alternative approaches "Business-As-Usual" guiding are already available implementation....
Abstract Planetary-level analyses indicate that we are exceeding the ecological limits. However, need approaches to implement global sustainability frameworks at regional scale. This implies using natural resources levels allow for their regeneration. We present a framework define limits beyond which ecosystems threatened collapse, answer how much can extract from ecosystems, and manage both human ecosystem wellbeing. exemplify this approach with heath forest habitat types in Finland,...