Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change

Chapter 1. The Role of the Forest-Based Sector in the Bioeconomy and Climate Change (Hetemäki and Kangas).- Chapter 2. Planetary Boundaries and the Role of the Forest-Based Sector (Hetemäki and Seppälä).- Chapter 3. Climate Change, Impacts, Adaptation and Risk Management in Forests (Venäläinen et al.).- Chapter 4. Outlook for a Forest-Based Bioeconomy (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 5. Forest Biomass Availability (Anttila and Verkerk).- Chapter 6. Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Forests of the European Union (Kilpeläinen and Peltola).- Chapter 7. Contribution of Wood-Based Products to Climate Change Mitigation (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 8. Synthesis: Climate-Change Mitigation in the Forest-Based Sector (Hurmekoski et al.).- Chapter 9. Climate-Smart Forestry Approach (Hetemäki and Verkerk).- Chapter 10. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Czech Republic (Emil Cienciala).- Chapter 11. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Finland (Peltola et al.).- Chapter 12. Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Germany (Hanewinkel et al.).- Chapter 13.  Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Spain (Trasobares et al).- Chapter 14.  The Way Forward: Management and Policy Actions (Hetemäki et al.)

 

Lauri Hetemäki is a Professor of Practice at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki and a Senior Researcher at the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance, European Forest Institute (EFI). He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Helsinki. Previously, he has worked as the Assistant Director of EFI; Professor in Forest Sector Foresight at the University of Eastern Finland; and as a Senior Scientist at the Finnish Forest Research Institute. He has extensive experience in science-policy work, e.g. in supporting the work of the European Parliament, European Commission and Finnish Government and Parliament, as well as coordinating pan-European science-policy studies. He is an author of over 250 scientific and popular publications. Hetemäki is a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.



Jyrki Kangas is a Professor of Forest Bioeconomy at the University of Eastern Finland, and Director of the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE) Flagship of Science. He has a Ph.D. in Forest Sciences from the University of Joensuu. He was the Director General of Metsähallitus (2006-2014), Director of Forestry at UPM (2003-2006) and CEO of UPM's real estate daughter company Bonvesta (2005-2006), and a Professor of Forest Planning and a Research Station Head at Finnish Forest Research Institute (1994-2003). He is an author of over 300 scientific and popular publications. Kangas has been awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by IUFRO. His positions of trust have included Vice-President of EUSTAFOR, Chair of Koli Forum and Chair of the Foundation for European Forest Research, among others. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Business Joensuu Ltd and of A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd. Kangas was FORBIO's Vice-PI and Interaction Coordinator.



Heli Peltola is a Professor of Silvicultural Sciences at the Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland.