Laine, Jukka

D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Professor

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Expertise

• production forestry in peatlands
• peatland classification
• peatland ecosystem and global change
• peatland land-use and greenhouse effect

Research Projects

Current

• Bioenergy production on drained, low-productive peatlands - cultivation of peatland mosses
  
• Coniferous forest soil microbial activity and community structure
  
• Coordination of Research Programme on Production Forestry in Drained Peatlands
  
• Greenhouse gases estimation and reporting
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• New method to reduce the environmental impacts of energy peat production
  
• New solutions for treatment and harvesting of peatland forest
  

Former

• Effects of tree stand and climate on the water balance of drained peatland forests
  
• Impact of climate change on C and N transformations in organic soils
  
• Utilization of Peatland Forests
  

Contacts

Keywords: climate change, forest drainage, peatland ecosystem, peatland vegetation