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SLU Forest Damage Centre

We produce and collect knowledge and competence for the health of the forest.

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Illustrations on SLU Forest DAmage Centre's research areas.

We prevent and monitor forest damage

We research, analyze and monitor forest damage in order to equip the Swedish forest against today's and tomorrow's risks of damage. We create and collect knowledge for forest health.

With a focus on responsible forestry, preservation of natural values, and biological diversity, we contribute to sustainable social development under changing climate conditions.

About us

Research School

The SLU Forest Damage Centre's research school trains doctoral students to get a broad competence in forest damages. Here, you can network with industry and authorities. The research school is open to all doctoral students at SLU.

Shoes on a stone in the forest. Photo.

Monitoring of forest damage

We collect data on damage and populations or agents that cause damage in Swedish forest ecosystems. The data contribute important information to the analysis function within the Centre and governmental work.

Caterpillars of sawflies on a pine. Photo.

Analyst function

The analysis function is an important part of the SLU Forest Damage Centre. Our analysts investigate the risk for national outbreaks, compile knowledge and provide support in the event of outbreaks or other incidents.

A woman stands by a birch in the forest. Photo.

Our projects

Here you find our current and previous projects. We have research projects, environmental monitoring project, pilot studies or development projects connected to forest damage.

Spruce twig. Photo.

Forest damage related news from SLU

  • 09 June 2025 SLU Forest Damage Centre

    From Ancient Oaks to Forest Pathogens: Conference Excursion Highlights Biodiversity Challenges

    Group during excursion beside trees. Photo. Over 30 attendees of the 14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology in Uppsala took part in an excursion to Morga hage nature reserve and a nearby pine forest, organized by the SLU Forest Damage Centre.
  • 23 May 2025 SLU Forest Damage Centre

    Call for short-term monitoring projects

    The SLU Forest Damage Centre announces a call with focus on monitoring of forest damage. The call is for short-term monitoring projects that focus on method development and will be carried out in 2026 or until early 2027.
  • 12 May 2025 SLU Forest Damage Centre

    Healthy forests in a changing climate – the path to resilient conifers

    A woman in a red jacket looks worried in a forest. Photo. In her doctoral thesis, Matilda Stein Åslund has studied genetic and environmental factors that affect diseases in conifers. This is an important step toward preserving our forests in the ongoing climate change.
  • 24 April 2025 SLU Forest Damage Centre

    SLU launches large-scale climate experiment in Swedish forest

    Forest photographed from the air. Forest growth in Sweden has slowed down. Climate change is believed to play a key role – but exactly how remains unknown. Now, SLU is launching one of the largest field experiments of its kind to find out how earlier snowmelt, drought, and warmer summers affect forest growth and ecosystem functions.
  • 15 April 2025 SLU Forest Damage Centre

    She fighting for European ash

    Portrait of Beatrice Tolio. Photo. Meet Beatrice Tolio, PhD student at SLU Forest Damage Research School. She wants to develope a resistent population of European ash to the fungal pathogen causing ash dieback.
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Published: 05 September 2024 - Page editor: theres.svensson@slu.se
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