Faculty of Forest Sciences (S)
The Faculty of Forest Sciences has 13 departments and units, over 500 employees, approximately 700 students, and nearly 200 research students. Most of the departments and the faculty management are based in Umeå.
Ancient pine trees tell unexpected tale of ice and fire
Forest fires were more prevalent in the early post glacial forests in northern Sweden than previously anticipated. In unearthing three pines which had been buried for almost 10 000 years in
Webinar: Transition for more broadleaves in Swedish forests
stina.johannesson@slu.se An increase in broadleaves in Swedish forests requires a transition in policy and institutions, organizations, businesses and practice. This is due to a favoring of spruce
Wind damages expected to increase in a warmer climate
In spite of elks, spruce beetles and pathogenic fungi, wind is probably the largest cause of economic loss for European forestry. A number of reports in recent years investigates how the risk of wind
To save plants motivated her to do her PhD in forest regeneration
The choice of the planting position can determine if a tree seedling survives or not. Bodil Häggström always cared about the fate of seedlings which motivated her to investigate in her PhD the effect
Webinar: Creating Value with Fast-growing Broadleaf Trees: Innovations, Strategies and Protection Mechanisms
stina.johannesson@slu.se How do firms create value from fast-growing broadleaf trees, how are different policy instruments used to support these processes, and what challenges and opportunities do
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Webinar: The impact of thinning on feedstock properties of fast-growing broadleaf trees - for bioenergy and material production
stina.johannesson@slu.se Trees For Me invites you to a webinar on thinning of fast-growing broadleaf trees for bioenergy and materials. PhD student Sruthy Vattaparambil Sudharsan, working for Luleå
Vinod Kumar investigates how tissue integrity is maintained in the leaf surface
Last week, the European Commission awarded 1249 researchers with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. One of the awardees is Vinod Kumar from Stéphanie Robert’s group at Umeå
Projects
Projects at Forest Remote Sensing FORWARDS: Towards an observatory for the resilience of european forests Mistra Digital Forest SUPERB: Upscaling Forest Restoration National Forest Data Lab
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Biochemical and spectral characterization of micro- and macroalgae charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Calle Niemi defends his thesis "Biochemical and spectral characterization of micro- and macroalgae" den
utlysningen IDA3 tillfalle2_eng
The call from the Interdisciplinary Academy – Q&A session and match making futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a lunch webinar about the call for new applicants to the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at