School of Forest Sciences - News

The FORMEC 2025 conference will be held in Joensuu on 9–13 June 2025, with the forest machine manufacturer Ponsse as the main partner. FORMEC is the largest annual forest technology conference in Europe.

Scientific Councils have granted a total of 10.5 million euros of funding to 9 new Academy Research Fellows and to 11 Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

Funding was granted to three new Academy Research Fellows, 11 Academy Projects and one new Clinical Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.

The European Commission has awarded a Master Course Award to the Erasmus+ Mundus Joint Masters Program in European Forestry, coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland.

Matti Tweshiningilwa Nghikembua, MSc, studied wildlife activity patterns and encroaching woody vegetation response to bush thinning on farmlands in north-central Namibia.

In Finland, the European spruce bark beetle prefers mature Norway spruce forests close to recent clear-cut sites, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds.

MSc Huizhong Zhang-Turpeinen's doctoral research focuses on understanding the trends of BVOC emissions from the forest floor in boreal forests, particularly in the context of wildfire disturbance and forest succession.

Rosemary Mwanza, Doctor of Law, has been selected as the Primus Doctor, and Nicola Kokkonen, Doctor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry), as the Ultimus Doctor of the doctoral conferment ceremony to be held at the University of Eastern Finland in June.

Phytoremediation is an eco-friendly and efficient solution for cleaning up contaminated sites, says Mir Md Abdus Salam, MSc.

Focusing on wood construction and the use of wood, this year’s Karelia Symposium, under the theme ‘Wood on my Mind’, will be held on the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland on 9 April 2024.