Our mission
Here at the department, our mission is to advance the understanding of forest ecosystem processes and to progress the principles of forest ecosystem management.
Laboratory Facilities
Our state-of-the-art labs offer analysis on soils, plants, gases, and water components in SSIL, BAL and research lab facilities
Research Infrastructures
The unit for field-based forest research was established in 2004 and is part of the Faculty of Forest Sciences.
BIOGEOMON 2026
SLU host the BIOGEOMON conference on June 8-11, 2026 at the Umea Campus
WIFORCE
Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research explore how climate, environment, and genetics affect forest growth and health
News & Events
News
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Eleven new SLU professors give lectures
From ruminant nutrition and lame horses to the crops, forests and cities of the future. A wide range of topics will be covered when our new professors give their inauguration lectures on April 23–24 in Uppsala. The lectures can also be followed online. -
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. -
New doctoral thesis on behavior and welfare indicators in sows in group housing
This thesis investigated how early social environments and genetic line influence behavioural development, social responses and welfarerelated outcomes in group-housed gilts and sows. -
Ancient seabird guano reveals how climate change may shape future populations
By analysing peat cores, researchers have shown how populations of nesting seabirds have fluctuated on a sub-Antarctic island over 8,000 years. They found that bird numbers rose and fell alongside shifts in climate, offering new clues about how future climate change could impact seabird populations. -
New study shows what Swedes consider most important about their forests
It is easy to think that tree species, age, and lushness determine how we experience a forest. But more important than the forest’s composition is its accessibility. This is shown in a new study from SLU.