Department of Forest Economics
DT Zachary in the field
The years beginning from 2020 have been the worst in Karamoja region, where the dry spell has been prolonged. In 2022, we had to time the short rains of June, July and August to start experimental
E-Tools: Evidence-based knowledge and decision support for alternative forest management strategies
In E-Tools, researchers from various fields listen to challenges and requests from forest owners and forest managers, improve growth models for continuous cover forestry used in Heureka, and evaluate
Collaboration
The Department partake in many different collaboration and networks nationally and internationally. Below we list a few, learn more about them by following the links. Environmental and Resource
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
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
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
Urban Forests webinar with Åsa Ode Sang
Urban Forests: Co-producing knowledge on Nature-Based Solutions with municipalities – challenges and opportunities hanna.weiber.post@slu.se Welcome to the next webinar in the Urban Forest series,
Developing the multi-storey construction market
Wooden multi-storey constructions are beneficial for the climate compared to concrete which is predominately used today. Researchers from Sweden and Finland show that increased awareness about design
DT IGAD publication
Now the first project summary is published for the SLU-led project Drylands Transform. One of the collaborating organisations in the project is IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) who
Food&Cities: Two projects granted funding as part of the 2023 call
Two projects conducting cross-disciplinary research activities have been granted funding as part of the Food&Cities seed funding call in 2023. The projects each explore different aspects of the
Prefabricering och lagkrav kan snabba på omställning från betong till trä i höghus
Konsumenterna själva ser stora klimatfördelar med att bygga högt i trä så varför utvecklas marknaden så långsamt? Bygga höghus i trä var länge olagligt och det påverkar än idag omställningen till att
Barents Forest Forum 2019
The Barents region in a biobased future October 15-17, 2019 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The Barents Forest Forum is a cooperation platform for forest sector stakeholders in the