SOMPA presents agricultural results in the 4 per 1000 regional meeting in Helsinki on 6-8 June – registration for online participation open until 1 June

The first Northern “4 per 1000” European regional meeting will be held in Helsinki on 6–8 June 2023. SOMPA’s agricultural topics are discussed in the parallel session on Agricultural organic soils on Wednesday 7 June chaired by SOMPA’s Stakeholder Collaboration Expert Kati Berninger. SOMPA WP leader Kristiina Lång will present a keynote “The importance of agricultural peat soils from Finland’s perspective” in the session. The event connects real-world farming, policy, …

Save the date: IBFRA 2023 Conference on boreal forests 28-31 August 2023

Welcome to the 20th IBFRA (The International Boreal Forest Research Association) Conference, in Helsinki Finland 28-31 August 2023! The conference can also be followed remotely. The registration to the conference is now open! The bi-annual conference will bring together researchers, companies, policymakers, and members from civil society to discuss the future of boreal forests. The main theme of the 2023 conference is climate resilient and sustainable forest management. The sub-themes …

Peatlands: Greenhouse Gas Budgets and Hydrology Workshop 25-27.4.2018

Helsinki, Finland, 25-27 April 2018. The workshop is about developing existing peatland models to better answer the questions related to climate-friendly peatland management for, e.g., food production and forestry. The aim is to bring together experts on modelling of peatland processes, observations of GHG and water vapor fluxes at peatland-atmosphere interface and peatland utilization for food and wood production, discussing and learning from methodologies applied in peatland, hydrology, forestry and …

Seminar 14.3.2019: How can boreal forest contribute to mitigation climate change?

Time: 14 March 2019 at 13:00-16:00 Place: University of Helsinki, Forest sciences building, hall 107 (lecture hall B4), Latokartanonkaari 7, Helsinki + webstreaming Chair: Raisa Mäkipää, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke PROGRAMME  Carbon modelling and analyses of forest sector climate change mitigation options in Canada:  Werner Kurz, Natural Resources Canada Mapping carbon sinks and sources in Finnish forests:  Mikko Peltoniemi, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) Coffee break Ecohydrological process models and academic curiosity for sustainable use …

Seminar 24.-25.9.2019: Policy instruments in agriculture guiding towards sustainable use of peatlands in Europe

Sompa hosted a two day research seminar on policy instruments guiding towards sustainable use of peatlands in agriculture between Nordic and Baltic projects focused on sustainable use of peatlands in agriculture. During Sept 24th and 25th researchers and stakeholders from Sompa, MYR –project and LIFEBaltOrg discussed how to advance research that supports policy measures incentivising effective measures and farm management for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands. Seminar slides are available publicly …