Department of Forest Economics
Contact
Adress and phone The Department is active both at Umeå and Uppsala campus. Postal address Umeå: Department of Forest Economics, SLU, SE-901 83 Umeå. Postal address Uppsala: Department of Forest
Department of Forest Economics
Natural resources in general and especially forests are central to the research, education and cooperation being conducted within the areas of natural resource economics, forest economics, forest
Tamarind
Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) provide food and income in combination with carbon storage and forest conservation. However, the market development of such species must be sustainable and benefit
Dissertation Xiao Hu
Transitioning to A Sustainable Society : essays in Environmental and Urban Economics charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Xiao Hu defends her thesis "Transitioning to A Sustainable Society : essays in
Research
Decisions involving scarce resources is a common definition of economics. The research area Economics is usually divided into Business Economics and Economics. The research at the Department within
Urban forests: Governance & Management of Urban Forests
Governance & Management of Urban Forests - introducing Nature-based Thinking urbanfutures@slu.se The concept of Nature-based Thinking embodies the perspective of nature with people, rather than
Fish farming in the North - a food production with environmental potential
The project aims to investigate if and how rainbow trout and Arctic charr can be farmed sustainably in hydropower dams in northern Sweden from a biological, ecological, social and economical
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Eight months in IDA – Where did it take us? futurefood@slu.se During this seminar, the two groups from SLU’s Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) 2023-2024 will present their project outcomes and share
Research Projects
The Department both run and partake in several larger and smaller, national and international research projects. Below are some of our active projects. KnockOnWood Finished projects POLYFORES Baltic
Valuable tree planting can help preserve natural forests in Borneo
By planting indigenous trees into logged forests, Borneo can have valuable timber production without rainforest losses. This is one of the findings in a study where SLU-researchers calculated the
Urban Forests: Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza
Urban Forests webinar: Biocities and Urban Forestscapes urbanfutures@slu.se Welcome to a new webinar in the open Urban Forests series, arranged by SLU Urban Futures and Future Forests. Together
Kvinnomaraton - Symposium for women in research
markmiljo-webb@slu.se Are you a female researcher interested in meeting other female researchers to network and discuss common interests? Welcome to The Society of Women Researchers annual event