Metla Project 7217

Tools for Water Protection in Forestry

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Duration: 2006-2010   
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Objectives

Even though nationally forestry is contributing only a small proportion of the total nutrient loads to watercourses, especially in Eastern and Northern Finland it is a significant source of nutrient loads. Ditch network maintenance, clear-cuts and site preparations are the most important forest management practices increasing the nutrient exports. New tools are needed to calculate, predict, and manage the nutrient loads from forestry operations. Also, new collaboration and discussion between scientists, politicians and forestry and environmental operatives should be promoted.

The aims of the project are:

  1. to improve forestry components in calculation tools used for nutrient load estimation in large catchments,
  2. to develop information systems and calculation tools for nutrient load estimation applied in practical forestry,
  3. to compose a data bank needed for the nutrient load calculation tools and to test the applicability and validity of different data sources,
  4. to create close communication between politicians, forest and environmental operatives and scientists considering water protection in forestry.

The outcomes of the project are:

  1. a plan to improve VEPS2.0 nutrient load calculation tool for large catchments,
  2. a plan to improve forest management planning system to be able to produce information needed in the nutrient load calculation and which can be used with FEMMA-modelling tool,
  3. a new validated version of FEMMA calculation tool for forested headwater catchments with a user interface,
  4. a catchment databank containing information collected from various sources and which can be utilised in the calculation of nutrient loads, and
  5. communication forum supporting the dissemination of the results.

Project leader: Finér, Leena
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Office, PO Box 68 (Yliopistokatu 6), FI-80101 JOENSUU, FINLAND
Phone: +358 29 532 3067
E-mail: leena.finer@metla.fi

Other researchers: Koivusalo, Harri (2006-09), Lauren, Ari, JO (2007-09), Palviainen, Marjo (2006), Saari, Päivi (2008)


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