2012-06-11

Planning for EcoSummit 2012

An international group of twelve researchers including those from SLU, and Umeå, Oregon state, Adelaide, Yale, and Helsinki universities met in a pre-conference workshop on Norrbyskär south of Umeå....

2012-05-24

Sustainable forest management at Rio+20

On 20-22 June the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. SLU and Future Forests will participate on behalf of the Swedish Ministry for Rural Affairs...

2012-03-01

Workshop Tackles Mineral Weathering, Forest Harvesting

International experts on mineral weathering and nutrient cycling in forest environments have said that a combination of methods should be used to determine what corresponds to sustainable levels of...

2012-01-18

Workshop to Lay Down Facts About Mineral Weathering

Next month, an international group of soils and water experts will meet at Uppsala, Sweden to lay bare what is known and—critically, what is not—about mineral weathering or the naturally occurring...

2012-01-10

On the Durban COP17 Outcome for LULUCF (Part II)

By David Ellison, Mattias Lundblad and Hans Petersson

Since 2008, the AWG-KP (the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (KP)) has conducted discussions...

2012-01-10

Global Forests are Overlooked as Water Suppliers, Study Shows

The forests of the world supply a significant amount of moisture that creates rain. A new study published in Global Change Biology reveals how this important contribution of forests to the hydrologic...

2011-12-13

On the Durban COP17 Outcome for LULUCF

By David Ellison, Mattias Lundblad and Hans Petersson

Since 2008, the AWG-KP (the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol) has conducted discussions on...

2011-07-07

Invasive pests and pathogens - a future threat to our forests?

On 26-27th October a series of lectures will be held as part of the Future Forests workshop ‘Invasive pests and pathogens — a future threat to our forests?´ The lectures are open to all interested and...

2011-04-29

SEK 15 million for research into joint nature resource management

Camilla Sandström, project leader at Future Forest, is one of three researchers awarded a grant by the Swedish Research Council Formas. The award is to "Research leaders of the future in the area Rural...

2011-04-29

Spruce freezes as temperature rises (!)

It may sound paradoxical but, as we move towards a warmer climate, there is an increasing risk that forest plantations will freeze. At any rate, this applies to spruce in southern Sweden during the...