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Annual networks 2025
- Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe – PROFOR
- Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE)
- Nordic Dendrometer Network (NordicDendroNet) for monitoring and predicting forest responses to climate change
- Learning from experience – Spruce bark beetle management tools
- Integrating soil monitoring in forest and other semi-natural land uses in the Nordic and Baltic region (MoniForSoil)
- VALUE:BIRCH – Valorization of birch – from the forest and beyond
- PlayFair Forest Network
- Northern European Network for Wood Scien ce and Engineering
Annual networks 2024
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering
- North European Forest Mycologists (NEFOM)
- Nordic Network on Forest Policy Science
- Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe
- Nordic Wild Berry R&D Network
- Site index trends and climate change
Research projects 2022-2024
- Transdisciplinary co-production in forest policy research (ForPol)
- Catching up with climate change by shortcuts in breeding; Joint Nordic efforts to prove the concept of Breeding Without Breeding (BWB)
- Development of ash reproductive material for forestry and nature conservation
- PROTECT: Effects of defense priming on Norway spruce needle microbiome and pest resistance
- Understanding the role and interplay of forest microclimates for successfully balancing Productivity and Biodiversity among Nordic Forest Landscapes
- SYNERGIES: Enhancing the sustainable integration of wood biomass production with other ecosystem services
- Fire mitigation through fuel management in Nordic forests (NordicFireFuels, NFF)
Annual networks 2023
- Alien forest pathogens and pests in the changing environment: focus on North Europe
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering
- CSDs-FOR: Critical spatial dimensions for climate-resilient Nordic forests
- Bark beetles, their fungal associates and climate change: tackling multi-faceted risks with multidisciplinary research
- Integrating Soil Monitoring in Nordic Forests – data harmonization, future designs and studies to examine soil function at different scales (NorForSoil)
- Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe ‐PROFOR
Annual networks 2022
- Nordic Network for Polyploid Trees (POLYTREE)
- Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE)
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE)
- Stronger together – facilitating efforts in birch breeding in the Baltic Sea region
- Ecological restoration for sustainable forest use
- Northern European Forest Ungulate Network (NEFUN)
- Biochar in forestry
Research projects 2019-2021
- SNS-123 Preventing the spread of new pathogens in Nordic forests to secure sustainable forestry in growing bioeconomy
- SNS-124 Biogeographic analysis of historical forest insect invasions and host associations
- SNS-125 Where is the water in acetylated wood? Studies of amount, location and state of water in acetylated wood for development of more durable wood products
- SNS-126 Conservation of resistant ash genotypes to maintain full range of ecosystem services
- SNS-127 Liberation and solution properties of wood hemicelluloses towards surface active molecules (HEMISURF)
SNS/Efinord 2021
- N2021-02 Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe (PROFOR)
- N2021-03 The Nordic-Baltic Co-operation group of Forest Inventory
- N2021-04 Nordic Growth and Yield Researchers Network
- N2021-05 Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering
- N2021-06 Nordic Network on Forest Policy Science
SNS CARs 2016-2020
- CAR-ES
- CARISMA
- NB-NORD
- NOFOBE
- HelGenCAR: Centre of Advanced Research in Forest Health and Forest Genetics to Enhance Bioeconomy (PDF)
SNS/Efinord 2020
- N2020-01 Production of ash cuttings to increase efficiency of breeding activities to maintain full range of ecosystem services provided by this keynote species
- N2020-02 Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering
- N2020-03 Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE)
- N2020-04 Forest related Life Cycle Assessment Network
- N2020-05 Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe (PROFOR)
- N2020-06 Advancing the dialogue on pathways towards sustainable development for forest landscapes: research, monitoring and governance
- N2020-07 North European Forest Mycologists (NEFOM)
SNS/Efinord 2019
- Integrating knowledge on nutrient cycling and organismal responses for sustainable use of wood ash in Nordic forests (NORDASH)
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering
- Nordic network of forest regeneration
- Nordic growth and yield researchers’ network
- Promoting sustainable forestry in a growing bioeconomy for Europe (PROFOR)
NKJ-SNS Networks 2018-2019
- Neonectria cankers on trees – meeting changed climatic conditions and increased problems in Nordic horticulture and forest production by interdisciplinary networking (PDF)
- Advancing the bioeconomy transition in the Nordic Region (BioWiseTrans) (PDF)
Wood Science and Engineering Networks 2018
- Better biomass utilisation by improved understanding of decay mechanisms in wood (PDF)
- Nordic network for tall wood buildings (PDF)
- Nordic Co-operation Group for Forest Inventory (PDF)
- Wood interior: Health impact and indoor air using wood interior (PDF)
EFINORD-SNS Networks 2018
- Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE) (PDF)
- Nordic Network in Forest Policy Science (NFPS) (PDF)
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (PDF)
- Emerald Ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), invasive deadly pest approaching eastern EU border: preparing for worst case scenario (EMERALD) (PDF)
- North European Forest Mycologists (NEFOM) (PDF)
- Improving the Effectiveness of Forest Research Results (PDF)
- Natural Disturbance Dynamics for Ecosystem Based Management (FORDISMAN) (PDF)
NKJ-SNS Networks 2016-2017
- Fibre Ties – The use of fibrous materials from biomass (PDF)
- Sustainable production of biomass – a sectorial perspective (BIOSECT) (PDF)
- Effects of bioenergy production from forests and agriculture on ecosystem services in Nordic and Baltic landscapes (PDF)
- The Nordic network for pathogen-informed control of oomycete diseases in forestry and agriculture (PDF)
EFINORD-SNS Networks 2017
- Improving the Effectiveness of Forest Research Results (PDF)
- North European Forest Mycologists, NEFOM (PDF)
- Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (PDF)
- Nordic Network of forest regeneration (PDF)
- Nordic Growth and Yield Researchers Network (PDF)
- Urban Forests in Nordic Regions – What can the National Forest Inventory tell us? Policy breif (PDF)
- Urban Forests in Nordic Regions – What can the National Forest Inventory tell us? Green paper (PDF)
- Baltic–Nordic Forest Statistic Group (PDF)
Research projects
PREVIOUS POLICY BRIEFS:
SNS CARs 2011-2015
- CAR-es: Forest provide clean water (PDF)
- CARe-For-Us: Urban tree diversity for sustainable cities (PDF)
- CARe-For-Us: Citizen participation for better urban green spaces (PDF)
SNS Research Projects
2011-2013
- Forest preferences as affected by field layer characteristics
Field layer important for Nordic people´s forest preferences (PDF) - Nordic forest sector in the biobased economy
Challenges for political science and economics (PDF) - Ecological effects of intensive biomass harvesting
Ecological effects of intensive biomass harvesting in the Nordic and Baltic countries (PDF) - Leaching of carbon nitrogen and phosphorous
Quantifying N, P and C losses to waters from Fennoscandic/Baltic forests and the effect of various forestry operations (PDF)
EFINORD-SNS Networks
2016
- Wood Science and Engineering (PDF)
- SSFE – PDF not available
- Forest, Forestry and water issues (PDF)
- Ecotoxic Components in Wood Ash – PDF not available
- NFPS (PDF)
- 3D LiDAR Network (PDF)
- NB-Forest Research Communicators – PDF not available
- FORDISMAN (PDF)
2015
- Developing forest Energy Governance in Northern Europe (PDF)
- Natural Disturbance Dynamics Analysis for Ecosystem Based Management (FORDISMAN) (PDF)
- Ecosystem Services of Dead Wood: Swamp forests are important long term carbon stores (PDF)
- PRIFOR: Changes in protected forests in Sweden (PDF)
- WSE, Network for Wood Science and engineering: Timber products in the built environment (PDF)
2014
- Continuous forest cover
Continuous cover forestry experiments in northern Europe (PDF) - FORDISMAN
Natural Disturbance Dynamics Analysis for Ecosystem Based Management (FORDISMAN) (PDF) - Ecosystem services and dead wood
Dead wood preserves carbon in forest ecosystems (PDF) - Forest Policy Science
Key messages from the 2nd Nordic Conference on Forest Policy Science (PDF) - PRIFOR
The Nordic Dendroweeks (PDF) - WSE, Network for Wood Science and engineering
Timber products in the built environment (PDF) - NOLTFOX
Northern European Database of Long term Forest Experiments (PDF) - NEFOM
The Nordic NEFOM network (PDF) - SSFE-Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics
Biennal Meeting 2014 (PDF)
2013
- WSE, Northern European Network for Wood Science and engineering
Proceeding go the 9th meeting – PDF not available - FORDISMAN
Natural Disturbance Dynamics Analysis for Ecosystem Based Management (FORDISMAN) (PDF) - Social Indicators
Social Indicators in the Forest Sector in Northern Europe – PDF not available - NEFOM
Behind (and below) the growth rate of Norway spruce (PDF) - PRIFOR network– PDF not available
Challenges of ecological restoration: Lessons from forests - The Nordic-Baltic Cooperation group for Forest Inventory
Forest inventories in the Nordic-Baltic region (PDF) - Network of Forest Regeneration
Exploring the early phase – forest regeneration road trip (PDF) - Nordic Network of Forest Policy Sciences
Contribution of Forest Policy Research (PDF)