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Here at the department, our mission is to advance the understanding of forest ecosystem processes and to progress the principles of forest ecosystem management.
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News
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Lectures by SLU´s new honorary doctors
SLU warmly welcomes everyone interested to attend the lectures held by SLU´s latest honorary doctors on Friday 3 October in Uppsala. The lectures will provide exciting insights into topics ranging from forest health to coastal landscapes. The lectures are open to the public and will be webcast. -
Improved "lens" reveals increased value of varied environments
A new method of measuring variation allows scientists to see complex reality more clearly. They find the benefits of a heterogeneous environment are greater for biodiversity than standard methods show. -
Milk matters. Linking dairy cow feed to milk yield and quality, and child undernutrition in Northern Rwanda
This thesis aimed to study the association between keeping a lactating cow and the prevalence of stunting in smallholder households in the Northern Province of Rwanda. -
Society supports an economy based on biomaterial from forest
A new thesis from SLU show that there is societal support for using biomaterials from forests instead of fossil fuels as well as enhancing biodiversity. Increased use of biomaterials would benefit from measures that monitors forest conditions to assess any long-term effects on forests. -
Market driven afforestation: environmental sustainability under land use intensification
A new doctoral thesis by Getachew Gemtesa Tiruneh, a PhD student in the Biogeochemistry of Forest Soils research group at the Department of Soil and Environment, examines the environmental impacts by a more intensive land use in forest planting in Ethiopia.