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Biomass production and intensive forest management – an overview of

EFINORD activities

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Rovaniemi 12 December 2013

Mika Mustonen

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EFINORDNorth European Regional Office of EFI

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EFINORD

Network of forest research organisations

Focus on networking and work plan topics

Intensive forest management and biomass production

Ecosystem services provided by forests serving urban societies

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EFINORD PARTNERS

DONOR PARTNERS

Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – SLU SNS IGN (Forest & Landscape) Denmark

External secondments in the countries Polish Forest Research Institute IBL Estonian University of Life Sciences

NETWORKING PARTNERS

• 35 organisations in 15 countries Open network for new partners to join

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EFINORD Workplan on Biomass production and intensive forest management 2011-2015

Silviculture and new management regimes

Lead Tomas Lundmark, SLU Improved awareness and competence

Lead Mika Mustonen, EFINORD Energy markets in Baltic Sea Region

Lead: Maarit Kallio, Metla Developing science based decision support

Lead: Johan Bergh, Future Forests

Work plan available: www.efinord.efi.int/portal/work_plan/

News of the workshop: http://www.efinord.efi.int/portal/news/?bid=205

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Selected activities

Conditions and prospects for increasing forest yield in Northern Europe Report: www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2013/mwp271.htm

Forest biomass for Europe- What science can tell us book. Release approx March 2014, followed with a Think Forest seminar in Brussels

Climate change and forestry in Northern EuropeWorkshop in Uppsala, Swe 11-12 Nov 2013. Special issue to Silva Fennica

Energy markets in the Baltic Sea region Project starting in 2013

Giurca A., Jonsson R., Rinaldi F. and Pryardy R. H. Ambiguity in timber trade from efforts to combat illegal logging- potential impacts on trade between South-east Asia and Europe; Forests 2013, 4(4).

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EFINORD – SNS/Nordic forest research cooperation committee collaboration

EFINORD-SNS network call More: www.efinord.efi.int/portal/efinord-sns_network_call/

NB Forest Joint Nordic-Baltic portal on forest research based information At: www.nbforest.info

EFINORD flagship under the EU Baltic Sea Strategy Action Plan More: www.efinord.efi.int/portal/baltic_sea_region_flagship

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EFINORD People Mika Mustonen (100%) Head of Office

Peichen Gong (50%) Researcher

Desiree Mattsson (30%): Research and admin. assistant

Vilis Brukas (20%): Researcher

& Alexandru Giurca: Trainee 1.1-30.9. 2013

STAFF CAPACITYTotally 2 positions in full-time eq.

Former staff:Ragnar Jonsson resercher

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EFINORD – Organisation under change New host organisation 2014

SLU Umeå, Sweden

Staff increasing to 5-6 (in 3 full-time equal)

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North European Regional Office of European Forest Institute –

EFINORD

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www.efinord.efi.int

email: [email protected]

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EFINORD

Launched Nov 2010, hosted by Forest & Landscape Denmark, Copenhagen

AIMS

To increase regional synergy within forest research by networking

Expand the Nordic networks to involve partner organisations from the neighbouring regions

Link from the region to EFI → European dimensions into the well-established Nordic forest research co-operation

Promote research activities of North European relevance

Communication and information