#Metsätiede2026
Afternoon parallel session of the Forest Biology Club
Location will be added after the registration time is over
Finnish forests represent northern nature. They belong to boreal Fennoscandia, where climate and the history of species dispersal have made them unique. Although the number of forest species is naturally lower in Finland than further south, biodiversity is not directly comparable between regions. While carbon is essentially the same everywhere, living nature is locally adapted.
Forest management in Finland also has global connections and consequences. The decisions made here are linked to international demand through markets and forest industry products. There is also debate about the effects that reduced logging in Finland might have on forests and biodiversity elsewhere. At the same time, these questions are also about responsibility and the power of example.
In Finnish forest research, nature has traditionally been studied largely through the perspectives of forestry and wood production. Although this perspective has broadened in recent decades, earlier priorities still affect how nature is approached in forest sciences. How does Finnish research on forest ecology and biodiversity compare with the international research field?
Programme
Chairman: Hannes Pasanen, hannes . pasanen () uef . fi
Technical support: Aleksi Nirhamo, aleksi . nirhamo () uef . fi
| 13.15–13.20 | Opening words | Chairman Hannes Pasanen; Itä-Suomen yliopisto |
| 13.20–13.45 | Suomen metsäluonnon suojelemisen perusteet | Panu Halme; Suomen ympäristökeskus |
| 13.45–14.10 | Suomi vs. muu maailma: vilkaisu metsäekologisen tutkimuksen lähihistoriaan | Atte Komonen; Jyväskylän yliopisto |
| 14.10–14.30 | Leakage effect: myth or reality? | Rémi Duflot1,2, Daniel Burgas3, María Triviño1,2, Mikko Mönkkönen1,2; ¹Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, ²School of Resource Wisdom, University of Jyväskylä, ³Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, University of Helsinki |
| 14.30–15.00 | Coffee break | |
| 15.00–15.20 | EU:n ennallistamisasetus ja Suomen ennallistamissuunnitelma | Mikko Peltonen; Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö |
| 15.20–15.40 | Kuinka tunnistaa Pohjois-Euroopan vanhoja metsiä tieteeseen perustuen? | Mikko Mönkkönen¹, Gediminas Brazaitis², Guntis Brūmelis³, Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson⁴, Asko Lõhmus⁵, Raisa Mäkipää⁶ & Kimmo Syrjänen⁷; ¹Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos, Resurssiviisausyhteisö JYU.Wisdom, Jyväskylän yliopisto, ²Department of Forest Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Lithuania, ³Department of Ecology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Latvia, ⁴Department of Natural Science, Design and Sustainable Development, Mid Sweden University & Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, ⁵Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, ⁶Luonnonvarakeskus, ⁷Suomen ympäristökeskus |
| 15.40–16.00 | Metsien ja soiden monimuotoisuusarvojen kartta-aineistot | Ninni Mikkonen; Suomen ympäristökeskus |