Models and decision SUpport tools for integrated FOrest policy development under global change and associated Risk and UNcertainty - SuFoRun

Research summary

The overall objective of the SuFoRUn project is to develop new models, methods and decision systems that may effectively integrate currently fragmented multidisciplinary knowledge to support forest management and policy development in a context of global change.
The European and the American experiences with the development/application of models and tools to support forest management and develop innovative forest policies provide a solid base for continuous improvement of its efficiency and effectiveness in a context of global change (e.g. changes in forest policies, changes in forest owner structures, changes in climatic conditions).

Description

The SuFoRUn network vision is to address research and innovation areas (RIAs) that have been identified as key to unlocking the potential of the forest-based sector and ensuring its future competitiveness by the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2020 of the Forest-based sector Technology Platform: a) to contribute to excellent science by bringing together multidisciplinary research (ranging from environmental science, forest inventory and modeling, management, socio-economic analysis, social sciences, climate science, operations research up to software engineering); b) to help build the interdisciplinary synthesis needed to develop ICT tools that may promote industrial leadership and c) to help provide the knowledge framework needed to address key societal challenges.

SuFoRUn, will further strengthen research collaboration through active networking and staff exchange between 6 European organizations from Portugal, Germany, Finland, Spain and Sweden, and 7 American organizations from Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil and USA that are leaders in these fields. This project will build from the multidisciplinary expertise (ranging from environmental science, forest inventory and modeling, management, socio-economic analysis, operations research up to software engineering) in these organizations to develop innovative interdisciplinary approaches to address research and innovation areas that have been identified as key to unlocking the potential of the forest-based sector and ensuring its future competitiveness by the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2020 of the Forest-based sector Technology Platform.

Specifically, the project aims to contribute to a consistent worldwide quality reference for the development of tools that may be used by public administrators, forest owners and industry for enhanced integration of adaptive strategies in forest management planning as well as in policy analysis in a context of global change.

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Research title
Models and decision SUpport tools for integrated FOrest policy development under global change and associated Risk and UNcertainty - SuFoRun

Research timeline
1.2.2016 - 1.1.2020

Keywords
Bioeconomy Forest management tools Forest policy development Forestry and climate change interactions Forests Global Change Multipurpose forests Risks and uncertainty in forestry

Region
Latin America

Countries
Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United States

Institution
University of Eastern Finland
School of Forest Sciences
Joensuu, Finland

Funding instrument
Academy of Finland, European Union Funding

Head of research
Heli Peltola & Timo Pukkala

Research team
Heli Peltola, Timo Pukkala, Dr Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo ( Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya CTFC).

Partners
CTFC ï¿½ CENTRE DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA, Spain, UPM ï¿½ UNIVERSIDAD POLITÃ‰CNICA DE MADRID, Spain, ISA ï¿½ INSITITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA, Portugal, UEvora- UNIVERSIDAD DE EVORA, Portugal, SLU ï¿½ SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET, Sweden, UEF ï¿½ ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO, Finland, ALU-FR ï¿½ ALBERT-LUDWIGSUNIVERSITAET FREIBURG, Germany, CATIE ï¿½ CENTRO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y ENSEÃ‘ANZA, Costa Rica, PSU ï¿½ THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA, UW ï¿½ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, USA, PUC ï¿½ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE, Chile, USP ï¿½ UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO, Brazil, UCHILE ï¿½ UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, Chile, USDA ï¿½ PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION, USA.

Contact information
Heli Peltola
+358 405 880 005
heli.peltola@uef.fi
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Record last updated
5.11.2018