Closing an open balance: The impact of increased tree harvest on forest carbon

S Soimakallio, H Böttcher, J Niemi, F Mosley… - GCB …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil‐based emissions can be avoided by using wood in place of non‐renewable raw
materials as energy and materials. However, wood harvest influences forest carbon stocks …

Could continuous cover forestry be an economically and environmentally feasible management option on drained boreal peatlands?

M Nieminen, H Hökkä, R Laiho, A Juutinen… - Forest ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Environmental and economic performance of forestry on drained peatlands was reviewed to
consider whether continuous cover forestry (CCF) could be a feasible alternative to even …

Impact of structural changes in wood‐using industries on net carbon emissions in Finland

E Hurmekoski, T Myllyviita, J Seppälä… - Journal of Industrial …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forests and forest industries can contribute to climate change mitigation by sequestering
carbon from the atmosphere, by storing it in biomass, and by fabricating products that …

Climate Change Mitigation Challenge for Wood Utilization The Case of Finland

S Soimakallio, L Saikku, L Valsta… - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The urgent need to mitigate climate change invokes both opportunities and challenges for
forest biomass utilization. Fossil fuels can be substituted by using wood products in place of …

Scenario analyses for the effects of harvesting intensity on development of forest resources, timber supply, carbon balance and biodiversity of Finnish forestry

T Heinonen, T Pukkala, L Mehtätalo… - Forest Policy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We used national scenario analyses to examine the effects of harvesting intensity on the
development of forest resources, timber supply, carbon balance, and biodiversity indicators …

Balancing different forest values: Evaluation of forest management scenarios in a multi-criteria decision analysis framework

J Eggers, S Holmgren, EM Nordström, T Lämås… - Forest Policy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Besides traditional timber production, other forest functions, such as biodiversity and
recreation, have gained increasing importance during the last few decades. Demands on …

The multi-faceted Swedish Heureka forest decision support system: context, functionality, design, and 10 years experiences of its use

T Lämås, L Saengstuvall, K Öhman… - Frontiers in forests and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
For several decades, computerized forest decision support systems (DSS) have helped
managers and decision makers to analyze different management options and supported the …

Temporal and spatial change in diameter growth of boreal Scots pine, Norway spruce, and birch under recent-generation (CMIP5) global climate model projections for …

S Kellomäki, H Strandman, T Heinonen, A Asikainen… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
We investigated how climate change affects the diameter growth of boreal Scots pine (Pinus
sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.), and silver birch (Betula pendula …

On the trade-offs and synergies between forest carbon sequestration and substitution

S Soimakallio, T Kalliokoski, A Lehtonen… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2021 - Springer
Forest biomass can be used in two different ways to limit the growth of the atmospheric
greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations:(1) to provide negative emissions through …

Trade-offs between forest carbon stocks and harvests in a steady state–A multi-criteria analysis

K Pingoud, T Ekholm, R Sievänen, S Huuskonen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a perspective for comparing trade-offs between harvested wood flows
and forest carbon stocks with different forest management regimes. A constant management …