IUFRO XX Post-Congress Excursion Number 6

Inventory of Forest Resources and Small-Scale Forestry

Excursion Route and Description of Program

Sunday, August 13

10.00 Departure from Tampere Hall by bus

Art Exhibition in Kangasala

Forestry and forest management planning of a big industrial enterprise

Lunch in the forest

Silviculture of birch in Säynätsalo

Säynätsalo - Jyväskylä by ship

Reception by the City of Jyväskylä

Accommodation: Hotel Cumulus, Jyväskylä

Travel distance by bus 160 km and by ship 20 km.

Forest management planning in communal forests (City of Jyväskylä)

Forest management planning in small-scale private forests

Lunch in Lomakeidas in Luhanka

Family forestry, planning of forest operations, country-meal

Accommodation: Sports Centre Vierumäki

Travel distance by bus 180 km

Growth and yield studies in the Experimental Forest of Nynäs:

The effect of nitrogen (fertilization or deposition) on the forest
Thinning experiments of Norway spruce
Methods and equipment in yield studies
Girth bands in measuring tree growth during the vegetation period

Lunch in Congress Centre Fellman in Lahti

Finnish National Forest Inventory

The home of componist Jean Sibelius in Järvenpää

The home and Art Exhibition of Pekka Halonen

Good Bye in Halosenniemi

Travel distance by bus 130 km

Other information

Trainers or rubber boots and raincoats recommended for field excursions.

Organizers

Excursion arrangements:    Scientific programme:
Congrex                    Professor Kari Mielikäinen

P.O. Box 35                Excursion Coordinator

FIN-00621 Helsinki         Finnish Forest Research Institute

Finland                    P.O. Box 18

                           01301 Vantaa

                           Finland

tel: +358-0-752 3611       tel: +358-0-857051

fax: +358-0-752 0899       fax: +358-0-85705361

e-mail saarij1@ajk.tele.fi e-mail Kari.Mielikainen@metla.fi

Hotels

Hotel Cumulus               Vierumäki Sports Centre
Väinönkatu 3                FIN-19120 Vierumäki 

FIN-40100 Jyväskylä         Tel. +358-18-12411

Tel. +358-41-653211         Fax +358-18-124630

Fax +358-41-653299

Options for the return arrangements

Extra night at Hotel Holiday Inn Garden Court

Rälssitie 2

FIN-01510 Vantaa

Tel. +358-0-870900

Fax +358-0-87090101

Price approx: double room FIM 280/person

Single room supplement FIM 140

Bookings for the return travel arrangements, if necessary:

Atlas Matkat/Long Tours Ltd

Tel. +358-0-496066

Fax +358-0-496301