We prevent and monitor forest damage
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Knowledge gaps about forest damage in Sweden
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.
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.
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.
Our projects
Skogsskada - Report Tool (swe)
Skogskada is a web-based tool for reporting and identifying forest damage. The tool helps to describe the damage situation in Swedish forests and can be used as a knowledge bank.
Tools and facts
Here you can find information and facts about forest damage. You will also find various tools that can help you. Here we gather knowledge about pests.
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She wants to find out how forest management affects nature’s own defences
What impact does human activity, such as forest management, have on the natural control of insect pests? Fredrika Wrethling, a PhD student at the SLU Forest Damage Centre’s research school, has been looking into this in the first part of her project. -
Scots pine blister rust is increasing in the north – here are the factors that associate with the risk
Scots pine blister rust is spreading in the pine forests of northern Sweden and Finland. Researchers now see a link between the disease and climate factors such as temperature, precipitation, soil moisture and fertility—and that the disease may increase further in a warmer climate. -
Spruce volume increases across Sweden – despite shrinking areas suited under future climate
Climate projections indicate that large parts of southern Sweden may become unsuitable for spruce by the end of this century. But the current management trends are moving in the opposite direction: spruce volume is increasing. -
He wants to lay the foundation for tomorrow's resistant spruce trees
How does spruce defend itself against pathogenic fungi? And can this information contribute to future breeding programmes? Isak Ingerholt, a doctoral student at SLU Forest Damage Centre's research school, aims to find answers to these questions. -
New hyperspectral drone pushes forest stress monitoring to a new frontier
SLU Forest Damage Centre has expanded its capabilities with Sweden’s first co-aligned VNIR–SWIR–LiDAR hyperspectral drone system for advanced forest stress detection.