Department of Forest Ecology and Management

Samverkansträff för framtidens hållbara skogsskötsel – presentation av forskningsprojekt

Collaboration meeting for the future use and conservation of forests maria.nordstrom@slu.se Eight PhD student projects that will contribute to the future use and conservation of forests will be

COP16 for beginners

annika.mossing@slu.se Torbjörn Ebenhard, now retired head of the SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre, will share his experience of taking part in the negotiations at the United Nations Biodiversity

12 new PhD projects approved within the WIFORCE research school

To strengthen research on the future of sustainable silviculture, the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) has been launched. A central part of the program is the research school,

Professorial inauguration – lectures(2)

Professorial inauguration – lectures helena.pennlov@slu.se On Friday 19 April professors from Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala will be inaugurated at SLU Ultuna. Illustrations: Fredrik Saarkoppel,

Collaboration on the future use and conservation of forests - challenges for industry and authorities

Collaboration on the future use and conservation of forests – challenges for companies and authorities maria.nordstrom@slu.se The Research School in Future Silviculture invites you to an open

Urban Forests: The effect of nearby greenspace on the health of city dwellers

henrik.j.persson@slu.se Welcome to the second Urban Forests seminar of the fall semester. This time, we welcome Sjerp de Vries, researcher in Environmental psychology at the University of Wageningen

Nordic perspectives on Soil Health - an exploratory interdisciplinary workshop

markmiljo-webb@slu.se The concept of Soil Health is gaining traction in the scientific literature and media coverage as well as in policy discussions. Ways to incorporate this concept into

Dead branches are overlooked in forest carbon accounting

Tree branch mortality has been largely ignored in models and field measurements calculating forest carbon fluxes and stocks, a study shows. This oversight leads to an overestimation of forests’

Dissertation Virginia Mosquera

Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in headwater streams of boreal catchments : long term data analysis, consequences of anthropogenic management and ways to mitigate disturbances charlotta.bergstrom@

An integrated agroforestry-bioenergy system for improved energy access, food security, and human and ecosystem health

A new study shows multiple benefits of combining sustainable biomass production in agroforestry systems with cleaner cooking solutions and electricity production in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the

A letter from Alice, who revisited SLU as a seasoned researcher this summer

This summer, Alice Turinawe from Uganda visited colleagues in the SLU projects Drylands Transformation and Restore4More. She also gave a seminar on agricultural advisory services and sustainable land

Dissertation Arnis Jurevics

Slash and stump harvest – effects on site C and N, and productivity of the subsequent forest stand charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Arnis Jurevics defends his thesis "Slash and stump harvest – effects on