Biomass production and intensive forest management – an overview of EFINORD activities 1 Rovaniemi 12 December 2013 Mika Mustonen

2 EFINORD North European Regional Office of EFI

EFINORD Network of forest research organisations Focus on networking and work plan topics  Intensive forest management and biomass production  Ecosystem services provided by forests serving urban societies 3

EFINORD PARTNERS DONOR PARTNERS  Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – SLU  SNS  IGN (Forest & Landscape) Denmark External secondments in the countries  Polish Forest Research Institute IBL  Estonian University of Life Sciences NETWORKING PARTNERS 35 organisations in 15 countries  Open network for new partners to join 4

EFINORD Workplan on Biomass production and intensive forest management  Silviculture and new management regimes Lead Tomas Lundmark, SLU  Improved awareness and competence Lead Mika Mustonen, EFINORD  Energy markets in Baltic Sea Region Lead: Maarit Kallio, Metla  Developing science based decision support Lead: Johan Bergh, Future Forests Work plan available: News of the workshop: 5

Selected activities  Conditions and prospects for increasing forest yield in Northern Europe Report:  Forest biomass for Europe- What science can tell us book. Release approx March 2014, followed with a Think Forest seminar in Brussels  Climate change and forestry in Northern Europe Workshop in Uppsala, Swe Nov Special issue to Silva Fennica  Energy markets in the Baltic Sea region Project starting in 2013  Giurca A., Jonsson R., Rinaldi F. and Pryardy R. H. Ambiguity in timber trade from efforts to combat illegal logging- potential impacts on trade between South-east Asia and Europe; Forests 2013, 4(4). 6

7 EFINORD – SNS/Nordic forest research cooperation committee collaboration  EFINORD-SNS network call More:  NB Forest Joint Nordic-Baltic portal on forest research based information At:  EFINORD flagship under the EU Baltic Sea Strategy Action Plan More:

EFINORD People Mika Mustonen (100%) Head of Office Peichen Gong (50%) Researcher Desiree Mattsson (30%): Research and admin. assistant Vilis Brukas (20%): Researcher & Alexandru Giurca: Trainee STAFF CAPACITY  Totally 2 positions in full-time eq. Former staff: Ragnar Jonsson resercher

EFINORD – Organisation under change  New host organisation 2014 SLU Umeå, Sweden  Staff increasing to 5-6 (in 3 full-time equal) 9

North European Regional Office of European Forest Institute – EFINORD

11 EFINORD Launched Nov 2010, hosted by Forest & Landscape Denmark, Copenhagen AIMS  To increase regional synergy within forest research by networking  Expand the Nordic networks to involve partner organisations from the neighbouring regions  Link from the region to EFI → European dimensions into the well- established Nordic forest research co-operation  Promote research activities of North European relevance  Communication and information