Information letter – 1/2025 – jäsentiedote

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Tässä tiedotteessa / Contents of the information letter:

  • Kutsu kevätkokoukseen 9.4.2025
  • Invitation to Spring Meeting on 9 April 2025
  • Retkeily Latviaan 27.-29.8.2025
  • Forest excursion to Latvia 27 through 29 August 2025
  • Metsätieteiden päivä 21.10.2025
  • Forest Sciences’ Day 21 October 2025
  • Uusia jäseniä / New members

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Kutsu kevätkokoukseen 9.4.2025

Suomen Metsätieteellisen Seuran sääntömääräinen kevätkokous pidetään hybridikokouksena keskiviikkona 9.4.2025 klo 15 alkaen. Kokous pidetään Tieteiden talon (Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki) Cedercreutz-salissa (505). Osallistuminen Tieteiden talossa ei vaadi ilmoittautumista.

Etäyhteydellä osallistuvien on ilmoittauduttava viimeistään 2.4.2025:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kJgyC-xjea8WC1z6Z6H9Hv7zzhBJbYWFfb9jBihqKqc/edit

Kaikille määräaikaan mennessä ilmoittautuneille lähetetään Zoom-linkki kalenterikutsuna.

Ohjelma

  1. Kokouksen avaus
  2. Kokouksen puheenjohtajan, sihteerin, pöytäkirjan tarkastajien ja ääntenlaskijoiden valinta.
  3. Kokouksen laillisuuden ja päätösvaltaisuuden toteaminen.
  4. Kokouksen työjärjestyksen hyväksyminen.
  5. Vuoden 2024 vuosikertomuksen, tilinpäätöksen ja tilintarkastuskertomuksen esittäminen
  6. Vuoden 2024 tilinpäätöksen vahvistaminen
  7. Vastuuvapaudesta päättäminen hallituksen jäsenille ja muille vastuuvelvollisille tilikaudelta 2024
  8. Seuran opinnäytetyöpalkintojen julkistaminen
  9. Seuran myöntämien apurahojen julkistaminen
  10. Kevätkokousesitelmä; Seuran opinnäytetyöpalkinnon saaja
  11. Kokouksen päättäminen.
  12. Kakkukahvit apurahan ja opinnäytetyöpalkinnon saajien kunniaksi

Seuran äänivaltaiset jäsenet voivat ehdottaa kokouksen asialistalle päätösasioita lähettämällä kirjallisen ehdotuksen Seuran toiminnanjohtajalle viimeistään 26.3.2025 (pekka.nygren (ät) metsatiede.org). Keskusteluasioita voidaan esittää myöhemminkin, kuitenkin viimeistään kokouspaikalla kokouksen työjärjestyksen hyväksymisen yhteydessä.

Helsingissä 14.3.2025

Suomen Metsätieteellisen Seuran hallitus

Liitteet

Vuosikertomus 2024:

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Vuosikertomus-2024.pdf

Tilinpäätös 2024:

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tilinpaatos-2024.pdf

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Invitation to Spring Meeting on 9 April 2025

Spring meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 15:00 as a hybrid meeting. The place will be House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki), Room Cedercreutz (505). Participation on site in the House of Sciences and Letters does not require registration.

Remote participants must register at latest on 2 April 2025 using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kJgyC-xjea8WC1z6Z6H9Hv7zzhBJbYWFfb9jBihqKqc/edit

A Zoom link to the meeting will be sent to all registered participants as a calendar invitation.

Programme

  1. Opening of the meeting
  2. Election of the meeting chair, secretary, reviewers of the minutes, and voice counters.
  3. Confirmation of the legality and quorum of the meeting.
  4. Acceptance of the programme.
  5. Review of the 2024 annual report, closing of the books, and auditors’ report
  6. Confirmation of the 2024 closing of the books
  7. Decision on the discharge from responsibility for the board members and other liables
  8. Award of the prizes for doctoral and Master’s theses
  9. Award of the grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
  10. Spring meeting lecture by a winner of a thesis prize
  11. Closure of the meeting
  12. Coffee and cake in honour of the prize winners and grantees

Members of the Society with voting right may propose additional items to the meeting agenda. Items requiring a decision of the meeting must be made by e-mail to the Executive Manager of the Society at latest on 26 March 2025 (pekka.nygren (ät) metsatiede.org). Discussion items may be proposed also later but at latest on-site when accepting the meeting programme.

Helsinki, 14 March 2025

Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science

Appendices:

Annual report 2024 (in Finnish with English summary):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Vuosikertomus-2024.pdf

Closing of the books 2024 (in Finnish):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tilinpaatos-2024.pdf

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Retkeily Latviaan 27.-29.8.2025

Järjestämme metsällisen retkeilyn Latviaan elokuun lopulla. Isäntänä vierailulla toimii Latvian kansallinen metsäntutkimuslaitos, latviankielisellä lyhenteellä Silava (www.silava.lv). Lähdemme matkaan Air Balticin aamulennolla keskiviikkona 27.8.2025. Ensimmäisen päivän ohjelmaan kuuluu mm. tutustuminen metsitykseen ja sen hiilitase- ja monimuotoisuusvaikutuksiin, metsän lannoitus ja orgaanisten maiden hoito. Toisena päivänä tutustumme mm. pieniin hakkuutyömaihin, kuusimetsien ilmastoystävälliseen hoitoon, vanhoihin metsiin ja pyökkiin, joka on ilmaston lämpenemisen tuoma tulokaslaji Latviassa. Viimeisen päivän ohjelmassa on tutustuminen Silavan laboratorioihin, Riikan kaupungin metsien hoitoon ja latvialaisten metsäsuhteisiin. Palaamme Suomeen myöhään perjantai-iltana.

Toisen päivän ohjelmaan kuuluu myös seminaari latvialaisten metsäntutkijoiden kanssa ja kartoitamme siinä myös yhteistyömahdollisuuksia. Retkeilyn suomalaisia osallistujia pyydetään pitämään lyhyt esitys omasta tutkimustyöstään. Työkieli retkeilyn aikana on englanti.

Retkeilyn hinta on Suomen Metsätieteellisen Seuran jäsenille 290 € ja muille 360 €. Hintaan sisältyvät lennot, tilausajobussi koko ajaksi, yöpymiset ja ateriat. Heti ilmoittautumisen jälkeen kerätään varausmaksu 80 €, jota ei palauteta. Loppusumma laskutetaan heinäkuussa.

Ilmoittaudu tällä lomakkeella:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PQB5OI7ds19QjfE73HH-i3I7-mhnDXR6kso8x9VBqPs

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Forest excursion to Latvia 27 through 29 August 2025

We organise a forest excursion to Latvia by the end of August. Our host will be the Latvian State Forest Research Institute, “Silava” by the Latvian acronym (www.silava.lv). We fly to Riga early morning on Wednesday 27 August. The first day programme will include, among other sites, an afforestation experiment and its impact on carbon balance and biological diversity, forest fertilisation and management of organic soil. The second day programme will include small-scale logging, climate-smart management of Norway spruce and beech, which is a new species in Latvia brought by the warming climate. The last day will include a visit to the laboratories of Silava, Riga city forest management and human-forest relationships in Latvia. We will return to Finland late in the Friday evening.

The second day will include a seminar with Latvian forest scientists and we will discuss also on cooperation opportunities. The participating Finnish scientists are asked to prepare a short presentation on their work. Working language during the excursion will be English.

The price of the excursion will be 290 € for the members of the Finnish Society of Forest Science and 360 € for all others. The price includes flights Helsinki – Riga – Helsinki, a charter buss, accommodations and main meals. Non-refundable registration fee of 80 € will be collected soon after registration. The rest of the price will be collected in July.

Register using this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PQB5OI7ds19QjfE73HH-i3I7-mhnDXR6kso8x9VBqPs

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Metsätieteiden päivä 21.10.2025

Tämän vuoden Metsätieteiden päivä järjestetään tiistaina 21.10.2025 hybridimuodossa. Läsnäolotilaisuus on Helsingin yliopiston Viikin kampuksen Metsätieteiden talossa. Päivän teema on ”Metsien kerroksellisuus”. Teemaa käsitellään useista eri näkökulmista, sekä konkreeteista että kuvaannollista. Tarkastelukulma voi olla biologinen metsämaasta latvukseen, taloudellinen metsälöstä yhteiskuntaan tai valtasuhteista tarkastelua paikallistasolta Euroopan Unioniin. Aamupäivän kutsupuhujat julkaistaan huhtikuussa. Kaikkiin iltapäivän klubisessioihin otetaan vastaan esitystarjouksia päivän teemaan sopivista aiheista. Esityskutsu avautuu toukokuussa.

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Forest Sciences’ Day 21 October 2025

This year’s Forest Sciences’ Day will be organised on Tuesday 21 October 2025 as a hybrid meeting. On-site meeting will be in the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. The theme of the year is “Layers of the forests”. The topic will be approached from different viewpoints, both concrete and figurative. The viewpoint may be biological from forest soil to canopy, economic from a single forest property to the society at large or power relations from local communities to the European Union. Speakers of the morning plenary session will be published in April. All afternoon parallel sessions will have an open call for talks. The call for presentations will be published in May.

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Uusia jäseniä

New members

Toivotamme uudet jäsenemme Denis Austinin, Jussi Heinonsalon Carita Lindstedt-Karekselan, Kirsi Riekin, Jade Sivénin, Juha-Antti Sorsan ja Riku Tarvaisen tervetulleiksi ottamaan aktiivisesti osaa Seuran toimintaan.

We welcome our new members Denis Austin, Jussi Heinonsalo Carita Lindstedt-Kareksela, Kirsi Riekki, Jade Sivén, Juha-Antti Sorsa ja Riku Tarvainen to actively participate in the activities of our Society.

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Keväisin terveisin,

Pekka Nygren

Toiminnanjohtaja

puh. 044 558 1199

pekka.nygren (ät) metsatiede.org

Invitation to Spring Meeting on 9 April 2025

Spring meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 15:00 as a hybrid meeting. The place will be House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki), Room Cedercreutz (505). Participation on site in the House of Sciences and Letters does not require registration.

Remote participants must register at latest on 2 April 2025 using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kJgyC-xjea8WC1z6Z6H9Hv7zzhBJbYWFfb9jBihqKqc/edit

A Zoom link to the meeting will be sent to all registered participants as a calendar invitation.

Programme

  1. Opening of the meeting
  2. Election of the meeting chair, secretary, reviewers of the minutes, and voice counters.
  3. Confirmation of the legality and quorum of the meeting.
  4. Acceptance of the programme.
  5. Review of the 2024 annual report, closing of the books, and auditors’ report
  6. Confirmation of the 2024 closing of the books
  7. Decision on the discharge from responsibility for the board members and other liables
  8. Award of the prizes for doctoral and Master’s theses
  9. Award of the grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
  10. Spring meeting lecture by a winner of a thesis prize
  11. Closure of the meeting
  12. Coffee and cake in honour of the prize winners and grantees

Members of the Society with voting right may propose additional items to the meeting agenda. Items requiring a decision of the meeting must be made by e-mail to the Executive Manager of the Society at latest on 26 March 2025 (pekka .nygren (ät) metsatiede. org). Discussion items may be proposed also later but at latest on-site when accepting the meeting programme.

Helsinki, 14 March 2025

Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science

Appendices:

Annual report 2024 (in Finnish with English summary):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Vuosikertomus-2024.pdf

Closing of the books 2024 (in Finnish):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tilinpaatos-2024.pdf

Information letter – 2/2024 – Jäsentiedote

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Tässä tiedotteessa / Contents of the information letter:

  • Seuran apurahat ovat haettavissa 13.1.-21.2.2025
  • Application of grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science is open from 13 January through 21 February 2025
  • Syyskokouksen 28.11.2024 päätöksiä
  • Decisions of the Autumn Meeting on 28 November 2024
  • Seuran paneelikeskustelu ”Metsäkato Suomessa” Tieteiden yössä 9.1.2025
  • Tieteenalakerhojen toimintaa
  • Activities of the Science Clubs of our Society
  • Retkeily Latviaan elokuussa
  • Excursion to Latvia in August
  • Ennakkotieto: Metsätieteiden päivä järjestetään 21.10.2025 Helsingin yliopiston Viikin kampuksella / Preliminary information: Forest Sciences’ Day on 21 October 2025 in Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki
  • Uusia jäseniä / New members

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Seuran apurahat ovat haettavissa 13.1.-21.2.2025

Suomen Metsätieteellinen Seura toimii Suomen metsätieteellisen tutkimustyön hyväksi. Tarkoituksen toteuttamiseksi Seura myöntää hallinnassaan olevien rahastojen tuotoista apurahoja metsätiedettä edistäviin tarkoituksiin: tutkimusapurahoja, matka-apurahoja, apurahoja muuhun kansainväliseen toimintaan, kieliopintoihin ja muihin metsätiedettä edistäviin toimintoihin.

Apurahojen haku alkaa 13.1.2025 ja päättyy 21.2.2025 klo 16.00. Hae apurahaa sähköisellä apurahahakujärjestelmällä (https://metsatieteellinenseura.apurahat.net). Linkki järjestelmään aktivoituu hakuajan alkaessa.

Ennen hakemuksen laatimista pyydämme sinua lukemaan huolellisesti Seuran verkkosivulta löytyvät apurahaohjeet (https://metsatiede.org/apurahat/). Kiinnitä erityisesti huomiota siihen, että tutkimusapurahan tutkimussuunnitelma on kirjoitettava apurahalomakkeelle ohjeiden mukaan jäsenneltynä. Liitteenä lähetettyjä tutkimussuunnitelmia ei arvioida.

Päätös apurahoista tehdään maaliskuun puolivälissä. Ilmoitamme myönnetyistä apurahoista hakijoille henkilökohtaisesti. Julkistamme apurahat Suomen Metsätieteellisen Seuran kevätkokouksessa 9.4.2025. Voit aloittaa apurahan käytön aikaisintaan 1.5.2025.

Ukrainalaisia metsäntutkijoita, jotka työskentelevät suomalaisessa tutkimusorganisaatiossa tai ovat tohtoriopiskelijoita suomalaisessa yliopistossa rohkaistaan hakemaan apurahaa.

Webinaarinauhoite apurahahausta

Järjestimme apurahan hakemisesta webinaarin 18.1.2023. Esittelimme lyhyesti tärkeimmät ohjeet apurahan hakijalle, jonka jälkeen osallistujat esittivät kysymyksiä. Webinaarin kieli oli englanti. Voit katsoa webinaarinauhoitteen tällä linkillä:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Y97QyB8ta9aK_0FLCmBRzpCozyIX8uNc8t8045BgIayCRavAkvvbAJTeo6-MqbYL.d7adhFCHLjiSMLMu
Passcode: YhiYV7x=

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Application of grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science is open from 22 January through 16 February 2024

Finnish Society of Forest Science promotes forest research in Finland. As a means to reach this goal, the Society awards grants for research, travel that supports research or post-graduate studies, other international activities, language studies, and other purposes that advance forest sciences.

The application for the grants will open on 13 January and close on 21 February 2025 at 16:00. The applications will be submitted using the electronic grant application system (https://metsatieteellinenseura.apurahat.net/login.aspx?lcid=1033). Link to the system will be activated at the opening of the application period.

We kindly request you to read carefully the grant instructions on the web site of the Finnish Society of Forest Science (https://metsatiede.org/en/grants/). Please, note that the research plan for a research grant application must be written in the application form following the format given in the instructions. Research plans submitted as an attachment will not be evaluated.

Decision on the grants will be made by mid-March. We will notify grantees personally. We will publish the grants in the Spring meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science on 9 April 2025. You may start using your grant from 1 May 2025.

Ukrainian forest scientist affiliated to a Finnish research organisation or pursuing doctoral studies in a Finnish university are encouraged to apply.

Webinar on grant applications

We organised a webinar on applying a grant from our Society on 18 January 2023. We gave first a short presentation on the most important instructions for applicants and thereafter the participants made questions. The webinar language was English. Use this link to watch the recording:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Y97QyB8ta9aK_0FLCmBRzpCozyIX8uNc8t8045BgIayCRavAkvvbAJTeo6-MqbYL.d7adhFCHLjiSMLMu
Passcode: YhiYV7x=

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Syyskokouksen 28.11.2024 päätöksiä

Seuran syyskokous pidettiin 28.11.2024 Tieteiden talossa. Myös etäosallistuminen oli mahdollista. Kokouksessa hyväksyttiin Seuran toimintasuunnitelma ja talousarvio 2025. Jäsenmaksut pysyvät ennallaan: 50 € vuosi varsinaisilta henkilöjäseniltä ja 800 € vuosi kannattajajäseniltä. Hallituksen puheenjohtajaksi valittiin tutkimusprofessori Liisa Tyrväinen (Luonnonvarakeskus) ja varapuheenjohtajaksi professori Jori Uusitalo (Helsingin yliopisto). Erovuoroinen hallituksen jäsen vanhempi metsäekonomisti Jani Laturi (Pellervon taloustutkimus PTT) valittiin uudestaan kaudelle 2025 – 2027 ja uudeksi hallituksen jäseneksi valittiin erikoistutkija Minna Räty (Luonnonvarakeskus) samalle toimikaudelle. Hallituksessa jatkavat yliopistotutkija Antti Kilpeläinen (Itä-Suomen yliopisto), erikoistutkija Heikki Ovaskainen (Metsäteho Oy) ja yliopistotutkija Virpi Virjamo (Itä-Suomen yliopisto).

Toimintasuunnitelma 2025:

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Toimintasuunnitelma-2025.pdf

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Decisions of the Autumn Meeting on 28 November 20243

The Autumn Meeting of our Society was organised on 28 November 2024 in the House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo). Remote participation was also possible. The meeting accepted the Plan of Activities and the budget 2024. The membership fee for ordinary members will remain at 50 € and supporting members’ fee will be 800 €. Research Professor Liisa Tyrväinen (Natural Resources Institute Finland) was elected as the Chair of the Board and Professor Jori Uusitalo (University of Helsinki) was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Board. Dr Jani Laturi (Pellervo Economic Research PTT) was re-elected as a Board Member for 2025 – 2027 and Dr Minna Räty (Natural Resources Institute Finland) was elected as a new Board Member for the same period. Dr Antti Kilpeläinen (University of Eastern Finland), Dr Heikki Ovaskainen (Metsäteho Ltd) and Dr Virpi Virjamo (University of Eastern Finland) continue to serve in the Board.

Plan of Activities 2025 (in Finnish):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Toimintasuunnitelma-2025.pdf

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Seuran paneelikeskustelu ”Metsäkato Suomessa” Tieteiden yössä 9.1.2025

Tieteiden yö on tieteen oma kaupunkitapahtuma Helsingissä. Vuosittain tammikuussa järjestettävää tapahtumaa vietetään seuraavan kerran torstaina 9.1.2025. Seura osallistuu tapahtumaan järjestämällä paneelikeskustelun metsäkadosta Suomessa Tieteiden talon salissa 104 klo 17.00 – 17.45.

Vaikka metsäkatoa Suomessa on pidetty historian ilmiönä, maamme metsäala pienenee edelleen. Muutos on ollut vuosien mittaan merkittävä. Paneelikeskustelussa asiaa tarkastelevat vanhempi tutkija Liisa Kulmala (Ilmatieteen laitos), tutkija Aino Assmuth (Luonnonvarakeskus) ja ympäristöneuvos Tuomo Kalliokoski (Ympäristöministeriö). Keskustelun juontaa apulaisprofessori Anna Lintunen (Helsingin yliopisto).

The Night of Science is a block party for science and research. It is celebrated annually in Helsinki. The next event takes place on Thursday the 9 January 2025. Our Society participates in the event by organising a panel discussion on deforestation in Finland in the House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo), Room 104, from 17:00 through 17:45. The language of the discussion will be Finnish.

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Tieteenalakerhojen toimintaa

22.1.2025 15.00-16.30, Metsäsuhdeklubin Coffee Talks, etänä              

John Björkman (Turun yliopisto): ”The Black Man of Villavuori sits in that forest, guarding the village border.” – Sacred forest sited of folk belief in Southwest Finnish village landscapes. Lisätietoja tulee Scientific Coffee -sivulle.

22.1.2025 17.00-20.00, Metsäbiologian kerhon vuosikokous ja seminaari, Tieteiden talon sali 505 ja etäyhteys

Vuosikokousseminaarin aiheena on kaupunkiluonnon monimuotoisuus. Tilaisuus alkaa klo 17.00 seminaariesitelmillä, joita seuraa kerhon vuosikokous klo 19.00-20.00. Lisätietoja ja ilmoittautumisohjeet julkaistaan lähempänä tilaisuutta.

11.2.2025 12.00-15.30, Metsänhoitoklubin vuosikokous ja seminaari, Tieteiden talon sali 505

Vuosikokous 12.00-13.00, seminaari 13.00-15.30; lisätietoja tulossa

26.2.2025 15.00-16.30, Metsäsuhdeklubin Coffee Talks, etänä

Léa Lacan, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne: Forest Politics in Kenya’s Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest. Lisätietoja tulee Scientific Coffee -sivulle.

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 Activities of the Science Clubs

22 January 2025 15:00-16:30 (EET), Scientific Coffee of Human-Forest Relationship Research Club, remote

John Björkman (University of Turku): “The Black Man of Villavuori sits in that forest, guarding the village border.” – Sacred forest sited of folk belief in Southwest Finnish village landscapes. More information will be posted on the Scientific Coffee page.

22 January 2025 17:00-20:00, Annual meeting and seminar of the Forest Biology Club, Room 505 of the House of Sciences and Letters with remote participation

Seminar on the diversity of urban nature 17:00-19:00 followed by the statutory annual meeting 19:00-20:00; more information and registration instructions will be posted later.

11 February 2025 12:00-15:30, Annual meeting and seminar of the Silviculture Club, Room 505 of the House of Sciences and Letters

Annual meeting 12:00-13:00, seminar 13:00-15:30; more information coming.

26 February 2025 15:00-16:30 (EET), Scientific Coffee of Human-Forest Relationship Research Club, remote

Léa Lacan, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne: Forest Politics in Kenya’s Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest. More information will be posted on the Scientific Coffee page.

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Retkeily Latviaan elokuussa 2025

Seura järjestää elokuun toisella puoliskolla metsällisen retkeilyn Latviaan. Isäntänämme on Latvian metsäntutkimuslaitos. Ohjelman alustava suunnittelu on aloitettu ja kuulette siitä lisää kevään mittaan. Matkareitti Latviassa on noin 250 km ja sen varrella tutustumme mm. vanhoihin metsiin, paloekologiaan, metsän lannoitukseen, pienleimikoiden hakkuisiin ja metsien virkistyskäyttöön. Suunniteltu kesto on kolme päivää. Seuran jäsenet saavat alennuksen retkeilystä. Retkeilyn työkieli on englanti.

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Excursion to Latvia in August 2025

Our Society will organise a forest excursion to Latvia in the second half of August 2025. Our host will be Latvian National Forest Research Institute. We have started planning the programme and you will hear more about it during the winter and spring time. Our route in Latvia will be ca. 250 km. We will learn about old-growth forests, fire ecology, forest fertilisation, small-scale logging and recreational use of forests, among other topics. The planned duration will be three days. Members of our Society will receive a discount. Working language of the excursion will be English.

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Ennakkotieto: Metsätieteiden päivä järjestetään 23.10.2024 Helsingin yliopiston Viikin kampuksella

Preliminary information: Forest Sciences’ Day on 23 October 2024 in Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki

Vuoden 2025 Metsätieteiden päivä järjestetään Helsingin yliopiston Viikin kampuksella tiistaina 21.10.2025. Merkitse koko päivä kalenteriisi. Tuttuun tapaan aamupäivällä on kaikille yhteinen kokous ja iltapäivällä Seuran tieteenalakerhot järjestävät kuusi rinnakkaiskokousta. Päivän lopuksi nautimme buffetin antimista.

The Forest Sciences’ Day will be organised on Tuesday 21 October 2025 in the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. Mark whole day in your calendar! In the morning, we will have a plenary session and in the afternoon, the science clubs of our Society will organise six parallel sessions. The day ends with the traditional buffet.

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Uusia jäseniä

New members

Toivotamme uudet jäsenemme tervetulleiksi ottamaan aktiivisesti osaa Seuran toimintaan:

We welcome our new members to actively participate in the activities of our Society:

Ia Adlercreutz, Eetu Autere, Jimi Blom, Andeas Botero, Raija Brännbacka, Maria von Cräutlein, Sakineh Ghorbanzadeh, Johanna Jetsonen, Kalle Kemppainen, Kristiina Koskinen, Jan Kunnas, Varpu Kuutti, Arttu Lammi, Maija Leppälä, Jussi Manner, Heikki Manninen, Mari-Sohvi Miettinen, Belinda Mäki, Marjo Neuvonen, Annukka Näyhä, Sami Oikarinen, Ilse Paetau, Silja Pitkänen-Arte, Md Parvez Rana, Katri Rusanen ja Sakari Välimäki

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Rauhaisaa joulua ja onnelista uutta vuotta,

Pekka Nygren

Toiminnanjohtaja

Suomen Metsätieteellinen Seura ryEdit

Open calls for grant proposals

Application of grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science is open from 13 Jan through 21 Feb 2025

Finnish Society of Forest Science promotes forest research in Finland. As a means to reach this goal, the Society awards grants for research, travel that supports research or post-graduate studies, other international activities, language studies, and other purposes that advance forest sciences.

The application for the grants will open on 13 January and close on 21 February 2025 at 16:00. The applications will be submitted using the electronic grant application system (https://metsatieteellinenseura.apurahat.net/login.aspx?lcid=1033). Link to the system will be activated at the opening of the application period.

We kindly request you to read carefully the grant instructions on the web site of the Finnish Society of Forest Science. Please, note that the research plan for a research grant application must be written in the application form following the format given in the instructions. Research plans submitted as an attachment will not be evaluated.

Decision on the grants will be made by mid-March. We will notify grantees personally. We will publish the grants in the Spring meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science on 9 April 2025. You may start using your grant from 1 May 2025.

Ukrainian forest scientist affiliated to a Finnish research organisation or pursuing doctoral studies in a Finnish university are encouraged to apply.

https://www.mmsaatio.fi/apurahat/apurahan-hakijalle.html

Webinar on grant applications

We organised an interactive webinar in applying a grant from our Society on 18 January 2023. We gave first a short presentation on the most important instructions for applicants and thereafter the participants made questions. The webinar language was English. Use this link to watch the recording:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Y97QyB8ta9aK_0FLCmBRzpCozyIX8uNc8t8045BgIayCRavAkvvbAJTeo6-MqbYL.d7adhFCHLjiSMLMu
Passcode: YhiYV7x=

We kindly request all applicants planning to apply a grant from the Finnish Society of Forest Science to carefully read:

Invitation to the autumn meeting on 28 November 2024

Place: Room 504 of the House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo), Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki

Time: Thursday 28 November 2024 at 15:00

Autumn meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 15:00 in Room 504 of the House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki). The meeting is open for all ordinary and honorary members of the Society, and to the representatives of supporting members who must present an authorisation from the supporting member. Remote participation will be possible by registering through this link at latest on 26 November 2024:

https://forms.gle/5C2sHtoZs3Tok3gy6

Programme

1.   Opening of the meeting

2.   Election of the meeting chair, secretary, reviewers of the minutes, and voice counters.

3.   Confirmation of the legality and quorum of the meeting.

4.   Acceptance of the programme.

5.   Confirmation of the Plan of activities 2025, Budget 2025 and the membership fee for 2025.

6.   Election of the chair and vice-chair of the Society for 2025 and two board members for term 2025 – 2027. The proposal of a work group searching for candidates is:

  • Chair 2025: Research Professor Liisa Tyrväinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
  • Vice Chair 2025: Professor Jori Uusitalo, University of Helsinki
  • Board members 2025 – 2027: Dr Jani Laturi, Pellervo Economic Research PTT and Dr Minna Räty, Natural Resources Institute Finland

Members of the Society who have the voting right may present other candidates in the meeting.

7.   Election of the auditor of the accounts and the activities of the Society for 2025. The proposal:

  • Auditor of Accounts: Audit Society Tiliextra Ltd.
  • Because the auditor is an audit society, vice-auditor is not elected.
  • Auditor of Activities: Mr Jussi Leppänen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
  • Vice-Auditor of Activities: Dr Jussi Lintunen, Natural Resources Institute Finland

Members of the Society who have the voting right may present other candidates in the meeting.

9.   Other possible items: If a member wants to propose a topic that requires a decision of the Autumn meeting of the Society, they should send an e-mail detailing the topic to the Executive Manager of the Society (pekka . nygren {} metsatiede . org) at latest on 14 November 2024. Discussion topics may be proposed also after that, at latest on site at the time of the acceptance of the meeting programme.

10. Closure of the meeting

Helsinki, 6 November 2024

Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science

Appendices:

Draft of the plan of activities 2025 (in Finnish):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Toimintasuunnitelmaluonnos-2025.pdf

Draft of the budget 2025 (in Finnish):https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Talousarvioehdotus-2025.pdf

Student event of the Forest Mensuration Club (Taksaattoriklubi)

Place: Joensuu  campus of the University of Eastern Finland, Borealis building (BOR101)

Time: Thursday 21 November 2024, 17:00

Taksaattoriklubi organizes a career event on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland  on 21 November, 2024 at 5:00 pm. The event is primarily intended for forestry students who are interested in forest mensuration science and forest planning. Please sign up no later than 17 November. The registration link can be found on the Taksaatoriklubi website:

https://metsatiede.org/klubit/taksaattoriklubi/.

The language of the event will be Finnish.

Talk recordings of Forest Sciences’ Day “From sustainable timber production to sustainable forest bioeconomy” are now online

© Suomen Metsätieteellinen Seura / Pekka Nygren CC BY-SA 4.0

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Finnish Society of Forest Science organised the traditional Forest Sciences’ Day on topic “From sustainable timber production to sustainable forest bioeconomy”. Forest Sciences’ Day is the most important annual gathering of forest scientists and others interested in forest sciences. This year, we had the 32nd Forest Sciences’ Day.

Forest Sciences’ Day 2024 is a part of the programme of the “Year of Sivistys“. The Finnish word “sivistys” does not have direct translation into English but it refers to civilisation, good general education and enlightenment. The Finnish Society of Forest Science participates for enhancing general understanding on forests and forestry. We emphasise the Everyone’s Right to Forest Science.

The topics of the morning plenary session dealt with many dimensions of the sustainability concept, green investment, reliability of forest development scenarios for evaluating sustainability, responsibility in the wood procurement of a global forest enterprise and feasibility of forest bioeconomy transitions.

The science clubs of the Finnish Society of Forest Science organised six parallel sessions in the afternoon. In these sessions, sustainability was discussed from the viewpoints of several subdisciplines of forest sciences. By the end of the Day, we celebrated the 115 years of work for enhancing forest sciences by the Finnish Society of Forest Science.

Recordings of the talks given in the event are now available on the Forest Sciences’ Day website.

Forest Sciences’ Day is free for all thanks to the financial support from the foundation Metsämiesten säätiö.

Scientific recognitions of the Finnish Society of Forest Science in 2024

The scientific recognitions of the Finnish Society of Forest Science are Silver Cajander Medal for excellent work in forest sciences, Bronze Cajander Medal for important work in forest sciences and the Medal of the Finnish Society of Forest Science for important work for the Society or for advancing the Society’s goals.

The Society awarded the recognitions to eight scientist and a scientific organisation in the celebration of the 115th anniversary of the Society, in connection to the Forest Sciences’ Day 23 October 2024.

The awardees of Silver Cajander Medal:

  • Professor emerita Annikki Mäkelä, University of Helsinki
  • Professor Heli Peltola, University of Eastern Finland
  • Professor emeritus Timo Pukkala, University of Eastern Finland
  • Professor Olli Tahvonen, University of Helsinki

The awardees of Bronze Cajander Medal:

  • Professor Teemu Hölttä, University of Helsinki
  • Professor Kalle Kärhä, University of Eastern Finland

The awardees of the Medal of the Finnish Society of Forest Science:

  • Assistant Professor Tuomas Aakala, University of Eastern Finland
  • Professor Teppo Hujala, University of Eastern Finland
  • Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility (laji.fi)

Apurahan saajat / Grantees 2024

Tutkimusapurahat / Research grants

Joona Lampela, 26 268 €

Hiiltäminen puun modifiointimenetelmänä nykytekniikoilla – tuoteominaisuudet ja markkinapotentiaali

Anne Tyvijärvi, 26 268 €

Soil carbon stabilization mechanisms in the Northern ecosystems

Shaohui Zhang, 24 079 €

Large-scale estimation of boreal forest leaf area index with Airborne Laser Scanning data

Yhteensä / Total 76 615 €

Tutkimusapurahan varasija / Reserve list for research garnts

Lukas Bornholdt, 8 500 €  

The impact of different forest management options on boreal forest regeneration and mycorrhizas’ role within –  Research expenses

Matka-apurahat / Travel grants

Iiris Aalto, 2 500 €

ForestSAT-konferenssi 9.-13.9.2024, Rotorua, Uusi Seelanti

Matilda Kattilakoski, 2 350 €

ISME, Kansainvälinen mikrobiekologian konferenssi Kap-kaupungissa, Etelä-Afrikassa elokuussa 2024

Yhteensä / Total 4 850 €

Finnish Society of Forest Science awarded thesis prizes for Dr Yu Tang, M.Sc. Anastasija Dmitrijeva and M.Sc. Hanna Haapala

Finnish Society of Forest Science awards annually prizes for excellent doctoral and Master’s theses accepted during the preceding year. The awards are made among the theses proposed by the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of Helsinki and the School of Forest Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland. The number of awards is not fixed but depends on the quality of the theses proposed in each year. Typically, the Society awards 1-2 prizes for excellent doctoral dissertations and 1-3 prizes for excellent M.Sc. theses.

The prizes of 2024 were published in the Spring meeting of the Society on 4 April 2024. Dissertation prize awardee gave a talk on her thesis.

Prize for an excellent doctoral dissertation

Dr Yu Tang, University of Helsinki. Unravelling δ13C signal in Scots pine trees for climate change and tree physiology studies. https://doi.org/10.14214/df.335

Recording of the Spring Meeting talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/KXZRzj_I2Jigp06UEAXAvYBsv6V32FYFcFsifSTymSBzAgXmMOiu4n_ZR5iChDJK.Gk6R4rmYZNvqJ0fS?startTime=1712234928000
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Dr Yu Tang successfully defended her dissertation “Unravelling δ13C signal in Scots pine trees for climate change and tree physiology studies” at the University of Helsinki. Yu Tang studied the application of the stable carbon isotope 12C/13C relationship, or the d13C signal, when investigating the carbon assimilation by the trees to photosynthetic products and further to biomass. The work is timely because it provides insights for understanding the interaction between the climate change and tree growth. The study deepens our understanding on the effects of environmental change on the d13C signal of tree leaves and how the signal is modified in wood formation from photosynthetic products. The new knowledge helps to interpret the differences in the d13C signal in different parts of a tree and to understand how trees adapt to climate change. Yu Tang uses several new tools for determining the environmentally sensitive d13C signal from tree leaves and annual rings. The work is outstanding in its field of study and it was approved with distinction. The experimental part of the study is ambitious and wide. Exceptionally many different approaches are used for solving the study problem. Yu Tang is the first author in three of the four original articles that form the dissertation. The dissertation is well written and the results are expected to be proven scientifically valuable.

The dissertation was published in the number 335 of Dissertationes Forestales, which is published by the Finnish Society of Forest Science in cooperation with the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland.

Prizes for excellent M.Sc. theses

M.Sc. Anastasija Dmitrijeva, University of Helsinki. Barriers, drivers and opportunities to circular economy in wood construction in Finland. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202306273339

M.Sc. Anastasija Dmitrijeva’s thesis “Barriers, drivers and opportunities to circular economy in wood construction in Finland” was presented at the University of Helsinki. Anastasija Dmitrijeva’s discipline is business economics and politics of forest bioeconomy. She studied the potential and challenges of circular economy in wood construction. The thesis is based on interviews of professionals of the construction industry and closely related trades. The work is timely because the use of wood materials will reduce carbon emissions from the construction industry. The work of Anastasija Dmitrijeva is both scientifically and societally interesting because of the topic and its timeliness. She uses existing literature for clearly defining the background of the topic. All methods are well described. Based on the thematic interviews, Anastasija Dmitrijeva proposes that the challenges of circular construction economy could be solved with a holistic approach and unification of the practices. She emphasises the importance of the intermediary actors role in reaching the change, like of those who manage materials. The presentation of the thesis shows maturity. Its finalisation and linguistic quality are excellent.

M.Sc. Hanna Haapala, University of Eastern Finland. Metsäpinta-alan määrittäminen ICESat-2-satelliittilaserin avulla [Determining Forest Area with ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR].

M.Sc. Hanna Haapala’s thesis “Determining Forest Area with ICESat-2 Satellite LiDAR” was presented at the University of Eastern Finland. Hanna Haapala’s discipline is forest mensuration and management planning. She studied the material produced by the ICESat-2 satellite. ICESat-2 is developed by NASA for mapping ice cover and vegetation. It is based on laser measurements made from space, which differ from the traditional passive satellite sensors used for mapping vegetation by being an active remote sensing method. The work of Hanna Haapala is very timely in its field of study because active sensors are becoming more widely used in global forest mapping and surveys. The satellite laser data used in the thesis makes possible to predict the development of forest cover and other features more directly than what is possible using optical sensors. The work of Hanna Haapala is more extensive than a typical Master’s thesis. The thesis shows that the author is familiar with the forest predictions based on remote sensing and the methods for validating them. The methods developed in her work may be applied for uniformly producing mapform forest predictions for extensive areas. Hanna Haapala has widely studied and applied the existing literature on the topic.