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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · 2d

Very cool field course on forest restoration (focus on deadwood+soils) last week. Organized by #Priodiversity project in Evo (also a CS area in @safenet-eu.bsky.social).
Great to visit the Evo restoration experiment and Kotinen old-growth. My highlight: reactivating my soil knowledge (yay podzols)

Old-growth forest, dominated by mature spruce trees. A lot of downed deadwood and many young trees in the foreground.

A group of people wearing orange safety vests, standing in a birch forest and discussing

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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 20d

🎥✨Our project video is live!

#SafeNet is working to safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest networks across Europe🌲🌳

Watch the animated video to learn more!

📽️ youtu.be/pKzUwJ6qShg

#Biodiversity #OldGrowth #Forests #CarbonCapture #EUProject

@luke.fi

@erinninnovation.bsky.social

SafeNet Project Explainer Video: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe

YouTube video by ERINN Innovation

youtu.be

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Johannes S. Mohr @johannesmohr.bsky.social · 20d

How expensive are 🪲💨🔥?! I can‘t believe it, but my 2nd PhD paper is finally published @natclimate.nature.com! Disturbances lower the economic value of Europes 🌲 by 29%... Climate change will increase it to up to 42%! (Now imagine a company looses 42% of its value…) doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02408-9

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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 22d

🎥 Check out our second #SafeNet video!

It highlights our four #CaseStudy locations and the #LivingLabs where we co-create forest conservation solutions with #stakeholders 🤝🌲🌳

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNi...

#Biodiversity #CarbonRich #Forests

@luke.fi
@erinninnovation.bsky.social

SafeNet Case Studies: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe

YouTube video by ERINN Innovation

www.youtube.com

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Cornelius Senf @corneliussenf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Want to do a PhD in remote sensing? Interested in mountain forest ecosystems? Then apply for a PhD position in our lab! You will be part of the newly founded Centre for Forest Management in the Alps, working on scaling tree productivity from tree to landscape scale. Deadline 21st September.

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Jarno Vanhatalo @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in statistics to develop methods for analyzing large scale biodiversity and ecosystem function data at the University of Helsinki.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to do advanced Bayesian modeling with direct link to real world applications.

Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Markus Melin @markusmelin.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 #Research 🌍
Led by @thlasny.bsky.social, focus is on national monitoring of forest disturbances in EU. 🥜:
• Lot of data available at national forest agencies
• Looot of differences between the surveys
• Data non-harmonized with limited sharing and access
We can do better! ✔️ @yliojan.bsky.social

Perspectives: State of national forest damage survey programmes in Europe and ways toward improved harmonization and data sharing

Recent increases in forest damage across Europe have challenged national forestry sectors and threatened progress toward Europe’s climate and bioecono…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just a few days left to apply!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team!

PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Aug 18

Really cool to visit both ends!
Meanwhile, ruska participation is on my todo list (one day). Would have been nice to participate in the geodetics themed 2019 version.

Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Aug 18

That's pretty cool to see, just saw the northernmost point of that a few weeks ago!

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Opportunity to work with some very cool people!

Jenna Morris @jenna-e-morris.bsky.social · Aug 11

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY:
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!

We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...

Application review starts Aug 31

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Jul 16

#PhD Alert! Interesse an transdisziplinärer Forschung? Erfahrung in empirischer #Sozialforschung und Kenntnisse zu #Raumentwicklung und #Partizipation? Unsere Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften bieten eine PhD-Stelle: apply.refline.ch/273855/1748/... #ScienceJobs

Stelleninserat: Die Forschungseinheit Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften bearbeitet wirtschaftliche, institutionelle und gesellschaftliche Fragen zu den WSL-Forschungsthemen Landschaft, natürlichen Ressourcen, Raumentwicklung und Naturgefahren und sucht im Rahmen des Projektes «RAVEN» des Nationalen Forschungsprogramms «Biodiversität und Ökosystemleistungen» (NFP 82) ab 1. November 2025 oder nach Vereinbarung für die Dauer von 4 Jahren eine/-n
Doktorandin / Doktoranden im Bereich sozialwissenschaftliche Umweltforschung (w/m/d)
Sie initiieren und begleiten in zwei Regionen in der Schweiz partizipative Prozesse, in denen Systemmodelle und darauf aufbauend räumlich explizite Visionen zur Förderung der Biodiversität in Landwirtschaft, Wald und Siedlung entwickelt werden. Sie führen selbständig qualitative und quantitative empirische Erhebungen durch (Interviews und standardisierte Befragungen), lassen die Ergebnisse in diese Prozesse einfliessen und verwenden sie zu deren Evaluation. Sie veröffentlichen Ihre Forschungsergebnisse in internationalen Fachzeitschriften und verfassen auf dieser Basis eine kumulative Dissertation. Daneben kommunizieren Sie gegenüber internen und externen Anspruchsgruppen und beteiligen sich bei der Ausarbeitung eines Leitfadens für die Praxis.
Sie weisen einen Hochschulabschluss in Sozial- oder Wirtschaftsgeographie, Umweltwissenschaften, Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft oder in verwandten Gebieten vor. Zudem haben Sie bereits Erfahrung in empirischer Sozialforschung, die Fähigkeit zur eigenständigen Projektbearbeitung, Kenntnisse zu Themen der räumlichen Entwicklung und Partizipation sowie Interesse an transdisziplinärer Forschung. Erfahrungen im Publizieren und Präsentieren eigener Arbeiten sind von Vorteil. Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse sind unerlässlich. Sie sind initiativ, engagiert und kommunikativ, arbeiten gerne selbständig sowie in einem interdisziplinären Team.

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Eight PhD Positions in Forestry at SLU, to develop soil moisture maps to reduce damage from forest machinery, test innovative methods to control pests in nurseries, understand how species are affected by different forest management practices...
Closing on 12 August 2025

www.slu.se/en/news/2025...

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jul 14

Wish I was a PhD student still, this looks cool!

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Jul 14

🌳🌳🌳Summer School: Old-Growth Forest Research 2025: scientific training for Master and PhD students interested in old-growth forests and in learning from specialists in forest ecology, remote sensing, animal ecology, biodiversity and data management. 🌳🌳🌳 More information: www.wsl.ch/de/veranstal...

Summer School: Old-Growth Forest Research 2025

Old-growth forests, ancient forests and forest reserves are attractive and rewarding outdoor laboratories to study diverse topics in forest ecology. This summer school offers scientific training for M...

www.wsl.ch

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Jul 9

Climate champions and young scientists! Join in the

🌱Third International Young Scientist Forum for Climate Change - Sustainable development through bamboo resources
📅 3–5 December 2025
📍 Hangzhou, China & Online
🕘 9:00–17:00 (UTC+8)
🚨Submit your abstract by 15 July!

www.inbar.int/event/the-th...

Flyer of the Third International Young Scientist Forum for Climate Change - Sustainable development through bamboo resources

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Jul 7

🖥️🧬 #Sciencejob Alert! Good knowledge of plant ecology and experience in coding? Our Research Group Dynamic Macroecology offers a position for six-months: apply.refline.ch/273855/1746/... #AIModels #Biome #PlantEcology #Macroecology

Job: The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards.

The research group Dynamic Macroecology of Prof. Dr. Niklaus E. Zimmermann studies questions related to spatial ecology, macroecology, macroevolution and biodiversity conservation. Within the Advanced Grant SNFS Project "Biome.cc”, we seek to fill by August 1st, 2025 (or later), for a duration of 6 months, a
Tempory Employee in Macroecology and AI 80-100% (f/m/d)
Within the Advanced Grant project “Biome.cc”, we develop a series of AI models trained to detect plant traits from photographs. This supports our goal to characterize global biomes by means of plant traits and to map these biomes globally. This position will develop suitable sets of pictures from online sources such as gbif.org to train and test these AI-models. Further, you will support WSL scientists in training such AI models and to test them. In addition, you will support WSL scientists in downloading large quantities of images with the goal of applying the trained and tested models and to extract plant trait information from them. At WSL, you will work in close collaboration with Prof Zimmermann’s group on global biomes. Your main place of work will be the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf.
You hold an MSc degree and you have a good knowledge of plant ecology. In addition, you have good experience in coding, preferably in python and/or R. Experience with the processing of large datasets is an asset. The capability to develop new ideas independently is necessary, as are very good English skills (both written and oral). You are a curious, self-reliant person who is also an excellent team worker valuing cooperation.

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 26

Helmets on - surest sign of a good mountain forest excursion! 😀

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Jun 25

Early-career forest scientists: Want to collaborate abroad?

🌍IUFRO is offering sponsored Scientific Visits in 2025–2026 for researchers from economically disadvantaged countries.
A chance to build skills, connect internationally, and grow your impact!
🔗 www.iufro.org/open-call-fo...
#forestscience

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Osbert Sun @osbertsun.bsky.social · Jun 21

NEW ARTICLE OUT @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 19

And importantly, big thank you to the colleagues from Transilvania University of Brașov who showed me their beautiful forests and interesting research sites. Most of them are not on BlueSky but @mihaidanielnita.bsky.social is and he deserves extra mention for taking some of the pictures I used here.

A selfie of three people on a mountain top in front of Romanian flag. Behind them a far view into a landscape and blue sky.

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 19

Finally, if you work with forest data, models etc. but do not have a field component in your work, I encourage you to take any possible opportunity to get out in the forest with field-savvy people. Seeing forest dynamics with reality is essential to understanding what data and models tell you.

Two people next to very large tree which also has a dendrometer device installed.

A person on a ladder checking a wildlife observation camera on a tree while a second person secures the ladder

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 19

And a question at the heart of @safenet-eu.bsky.social - how will all of this, together with human actions in surrounding managed areas affect forest-dwelling species and what could we do to support biodiversity in these forests?

A spruce seedling growing atop a polypore on a big downed log.

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 19

Spruce bark beetle is present and benefiting from climate change, but there are also other complex factors (e.g. winter droughts) at work here, affecting all tree species, even the majestic old firs. Quite excited to see how these dynamics play out in the #iLand model, once we have it set up.

Several dead standing and lying spruce trees. Some living spruce trees one with a broken top. A forested slope in the background, with some dead trees.

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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jun 19

A rare field day, getting to know the forests of our @safenet-eu.bsky.social case study area in Romania, near Brasov. Impactful to see the shifts in species dominance already happening. Spruce and, crucially, Silver Fir are not doing well, Beech is gaining importance even at higher elevations.

A forest picture. A beech tree in sunlight, growing below a canopy of spruce and fir trees. Some dead spruces in the background. Ferns and other understorey plants in the foreground.

Two people descending a steep rocky slope in a forest

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