SLU calculates and reports emissions and uptake from Sweden's Land use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (LULUCF).
SLU Umeå arranges a series of lunch lectures under the name of Worth Knowing. The lectures are open to everyone.
The lectures last around 30 minutes and we offer vegetarian soup and bread on a first come, first served basis.
Location: SLU University Library.
Most of the lectures in this series is only available in Swedish, see the Swedish web page (switch language in the top menu of this page).
Previous lectures have been filmed and are available on this page.
February 26 The role of mixed forest in a changing climate Speaker: Jorge Aldea, SLU
The lecture is live broadcasted at 12:10 on February 26.
May 27 Lecture with Honorary Hoctor Eleanor J Milner-Gulland, University of Oxford
9 October: Delicious mushrooms pre-process wood for bioethanol production. Speaker: Shaojun Xiong, SLU
23 October: M&M: Can money and management reduce tropical forest degradation? Speaker: Francisco X Aguilar Cabezas, SLU
6 November: Leftovers or a buffet – What nitrogen is plant available in forest soil? Speaker: Sandra Jämtgård, SLU
20 November: Citizen Science. Speakers: René Van Der Wal och Tim Hofmeester, SLU
4 December: Global biomass mapping through NASA's GEDI mission. Speaker: Svetlana Saarela, SLU
8 May 2019: Will Children Create Climate Change Concern among Denialists in the United States? Speaker: Nils Peterson, North Carolina State University. (in English)
3 October: Next generation forest maps provide more information for sustainable forest management Speaker: Eva Lindberg, SLU
17 October: CANCELLED
31 October: Genomic Selection: New Tool in Tree Breeding? Speaker: Harry Wu, SLU
14 November: The land-atmosphere exchange of green-house gases of boreal ecosystems under climate change Speaker: Mats Nilsson, SLU
28 November: Varför biologisk mångfald är bra för vår hälsa Speaker: Frauke Ecke, SLU (in Swedish)
23 May 2018: A Nitrogen Story. Speaker: Torgny Näsholm, professor and winner of the Marcus Wallenberg price.
12 April 2017: Forestry, sustainable development and everything. Speaker: Peter Holmgren, Director-General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). (in English)
The lecture series Worth knowing Umeå is a collaboration between SLU's environmental monitoring and assessment, the Faculty of Forest Sciences and the SLU University Library.
Worth knowing is also held in SLU Alnarp and SLU Uppsala. See program for Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala.
pernilla.christensen@slu.se, +46 90-786 85 27, +46 70-633 73 86
ulla.ahlgren@slu.se, +46 90-786 82 81, +46 70-662 31 07
olof.bergvall@slu.se, +46 90-786 82 11, +46 72-236 29 15
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