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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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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 16

Ping @safenet-eu.bsky.social and @forestpaths.eu

FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jun 16

New paper! 📃🌲

#ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests.

Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jun 16

New paper! 📃🌲

#ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests.

Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Jun 11

Realistic models of the potential for global reforestation suggest that it could absorb roughly 5% of human CO2 emissions. This is still worthwhile but nowhere near a solution on its own. New paper just published 🧪🌏🌐

Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications

Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks also @luke.fi & FunPotential colleagues:
@gkunstler.bsky.social
@jbarrere.bsky.social #carolapaul #bjornreineking @honkaniemi.bsky.social #nikokulha #jasperfuchs #jussilintunen #mattihyyrynen

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Interesting research results from #MixForChange @biodiversa.eu project by @joguillemot.bsky.social et al: drougth sensitive tree species do better among drought tolerants. #BioDivClim #FunPotential

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 10

Awesome comics illustrating topics and results of 21 Biodiversa project. Among others, oir dear #FunPotential project, check the QRs in Forests of Forgotten Futures @luke.fi @gkunstler.bsky.social @jbarrere.bsky.social @honkaniemi.bsky.social #CarolaPaul #NikoKulha @aaporautiainen.bsky.social

Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Jun 10

📢 BiodivClim Comics are here!
To mark the end of the BiodivClim programme, we've teamed up with @tnoc.bsky.social‬ to turn science into stories. Explore:
🌊 Tides of Change
🌾 The Wheat Code
🌲 The Forest of Forgotten Futures

📖 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/06/09/b...

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 7

Wouldn’t this be also your dream job? Principal scientist’s permanent position (wild life ecology) in an internationally regognised research institute @luke.fi, with amazing colleagues and atmosphere. Check now!

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Jun 5

How to make voluntary forest C offsets popular? Important findings from a survey to forest owners.

ehaltia.bsky.social @ehaltia.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌲 Alert! Our new study explores Finnish forest owners willingness to join carbon offset schemes. 🔍:1. Forest owner preferences vary. 2. Financial incentives are crucial across all groups. 3. Tailored, easy contracts attract. #Hilmari #CatchTheCarbon @luke.fi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Finnish forest owners' willingness to participate in result-based carbon offset schemes.

Forests are vital carbon sinks, playing a key role in combating climate change by absorbing nearly one-third of global annual greenhouse gas emissions…

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

🌳🌲🐾 #SafeNet is officially launched!

We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.

Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch

@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek

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Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke) @luke.fi · Apr 22

Turvemaiden kuusikko voi palautua poimintahakkuusta odotettua nopeammin. Kaksi uutta tutkimusta osoittaa, että ravinteikkaan ojitetun turvemaan kuuset kasvattavat juuriaan ja sitovat hiiltä jo heti hakkuun jälkeen. #turvemetsä #hiilensidonta #metsätalous Lue lisää: www.luke.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is a must read for all forest modelers out there trying to predict climate change impacts on forests!

Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Apr 21

Forest productivity response to elevated CO2 in free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments: the 23 percent solution, revisited

A synthesis of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments describing the response of forest net primary productivity (NPP) to elevated atmospheric CO2 published in 2005 has provided a valuable benchm...

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Santiago Saura @santiagosaura.bsky.social · Apr 21

How to calculate connectivity metrics in the R programming language?

Using the Makurhini package.

It includes many of the connectivity analyses in Conefor and many more.

Great collaboration led by Oscar Godínez and Camilo Correa.

Read it in our preprint:
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Makurhini: An R package for comprehensive analysis of landscape fragmentation and connectivity

Habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change threaten biodiversity, emphasizing the need to maintain landscape connectivity for species movement and access to resources. Limited conservation funds ...

www.researchsquare.com

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Apr 17

Join our webinar no. 2 about species distribution modeling on 12th May to understand how species and communities respond to environment and climate change @mdpashkevich.bsky.social @safenet-eu.bsky.social #HEUproject @luke.fi @forwards-project.bsky.social @forestpaths.eu
#OldGrowthForests

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Apr 16

Interesting research position open in @safenet-eu.bsky.social #HEUproject. Join the project studying anticipatory conservation-management of European biodiversity and #OldGrowthForests
@luke.fi @forestpaths.eu

Santiago Saura @santiagosaura.bsky.social · Apr 16

We are recruiting a first stage researcher to model connectivity and map corridors between biodiversity-rich forests in Europe.

The selected research will be part of our @upm.es team in the @safenet-eu.bsky.social project (Horizon Europe).

Applications until 25/4.

ℹ️ web.upm.es/hrs4r/es/hrs...

HRS2025/227 Investigador en conectividad ecológica / Researcher on ecological connectivity | HRS4R

web.upm.es

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Aleksi Lehtonen @aleksileh.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you are interested how long it takes for forest soil C to recover from clear-cut, check our new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@luke.fi @nibiolandskap.bsky.social @holisoils.bsky.social

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Niels Batjes @niels-batjes.bsky.social · Mar 27

Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution released by ISRIC - World Soil Information in the framework of the EU HoliSoils project to inform forest management and policies.
holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
🧪🌍👇🌲🌳
#soilscience #soilhealth #soilmapping #forestsoil

Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution will inform forest management and policies - HoliSoils

Forest soils provide important ecosystem services, such as biodiversity support, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, water regulation and erosion control.

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Cat Scott @catzigle.bsky.social · Mar 17

We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage @universityofleeds.bsky.social! You'll be part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social project, mapping above + below-ground C stocks in European forests 🛰️🌳💻🌲 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you a quantitative environment...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Mar 19

Petr Baldrian @holisoils.bsky.social event: GlobalFungi database shows where microbes are vulnerable to climate and how diversity varies across Europe. Awesome. Data will be used in species & community modelling @SafeNet-eu.bsky.social in collab. with
@pbaldrian.bsky.social. @luke.fi #HEUproject

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Mar 19

Check the @holisoils.bsky.social policy brief here holisoils.eu/new-holisoil...
@forestpaths.eu.

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Mar 19

Pan-European survey done in @ForestPaths.bsky.social & @holisoils.bsky.social #HEUprojects found that many forest owners could change mngmt without full compensation of profit losses. Hans Verkerk speaks in Holisoils PB event in Brussels @luke.fi @raisamakipaa.bsky.social @aleksileh.bsky.social

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ECONOVO - DNRF Center of Excellence @econovoau.bsky.social · Mar 14

1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱

Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Key take homes below👇

Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption to q...

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Mar 12

SafeNet #HEUProject aims at supporting conservation-management efforts and policies at local & EU levels. @luke.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social teams proudly presenting their project poster at #OikosFin2025 conference. @safenet-eu.bsky.social #OldGrowthForests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #JSDM

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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · Mar 11

Luke SafeNet learns HMSC in OikosFinland2025 workshop organized by our partners in Predictive Community Ecology Group of @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social. In SafeNet #HEUproject, Jyväskylä team will use HMSC to predict biodiversity across Europe. @luke.fi @nordicoikos.bsky.social #oldgrowthforests

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Aleksi Lehtonen @aleksileh.bsky.social · Mar 6

If you are interested how CO2 and N2O emissions peak after clear-cut on fertile drained peatland forest and vary by surface type, check recent paper by @optikkasalo.bsky.social from @luke.fi in @egubg.bsky.social journal:
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Eddy-covariance fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O in a drained peatland forest after clear-cutting

Abstract. Rotation forestry based on clear-cut harvesting, site preparation, planting and intermediate thinnings is currently the dominant management approach in Fennoscandia. However, understanding o...

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