Kauhanen, Heikki

M.Sc., Researcher

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Research Projects

Current

• Cultivation of exotic and special tree species
  
• Resilience of forest structures, species and processes after disturbances and restoration
  

Former

• Causes and consequences of increasing growth of Finnish forests
  
• Criteria for sustainable use and consolidation of land uses in Pallas-Ylläs national park - pilot study
  
• Ecology and management of timberline areas
  
• Fire and its use in boreal forest ecosystems
  
• Fire management and fire use strategies
  
• Forest regeneration in the special conditions of northern Finland
  
• Genetic basis of forest tree breeding
  
• Interreg-Tacis Northern Coniferous Forests - Tools through research for the sustainable use of forests in the Barents Region.
  
• Multiple impacts of reindeer husbandry and conservation in Malla strict nature conservation park
  
• Nature conservation and wilderness
  
• The meaning of tourism and recreation in rural development and landscape
  

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