Background info and references associated with the Forest Academy 2022 programme and themes

22.6.2022 | Decision makers | Finnish Forest Association | Forest Academy

For further reading, we suggest looking into the following background info and references associated with the Forest Academy programme and themes.

Forest Resources in Europe

Forest Europe, 2020. State of the Europe’s Forests. https://foresteurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SoEF_2020.pdf
Forest Europe, 2020. State of Europe’s Forests 2020, Summary for Policy Makers. https://foresteurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Summary_web.pdf
European Forest Institute, 2021. Key questions on forests in the EU. Knowledge to Action 4. European Forest Institute (efi.int)
NECE/FAO report, 2020. Who owns our forests? Forest ownership in the ECE region. https://unece.org/DAM/timber/publications/2008976E_lastWeb.pdf
UNECE INForest service: https://forest-data.unece.org/

Multipurpose forestry

Trilemma of Nordic-Baltic Forestry − How to Implement UN Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/10/5643

Climate change mitigation and forests

Forest Europe, 2020. Adaptation to Climate Change in Sustainable Forest Management in Europe. foresteurope.org

Forest biodiversity and closer to forest management

European Forest Institute, 2022. Forest Biodiversity in Europe. From Science to Policy 13. https://efi.int/publications-bank/forest-biodiversity-europe
European Forest Institute, 2022. Closer to Nature Forest Management. From Science to Policy 12. European Forest Institute (efi.int)
An article on recent research to compare continuous-cover and periodic silviculture in terms of their impact on the climate and the ecology and economics of forestry, at Forest.fi
Koivula, M. & Vanha-Majamaa, I. 2020: Experimental evidence on biodiversity impacts of variable retention forestry, prescribed burning, and deadwood manipulation in Fennoscandia. Ecological Processes 9: 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-019-0209-1

New wood-based products

Uusi puu – The New Wood Project: The project aims to increase awareness of the wood-based bioeconomy, highlighting new and existing products and solutions, exploring their impact on society and evaluating the growth potential of the sector. Website: uusipuu.fi/en