Mikkola, Kari

M.Sc., Researcher

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Expertise

• forest ecology
• geographic information systems (GIS)
• remote sensing

Research Projects

Current

• Forest growth in a changing environment
  
• National Forest Inventory 10
  
• The meaning of tourism and recreation in rural development and landscape
  
• Valuing ja marketing forest externalities
  

Former

• Diversity of forest and mire vegetation
  
• Ecology and management of timberline areas
  
• Effects of tree stand and climate on the water balance of drained peatland forests
  
• Forest regeneration in the special conditions of northern Finland
  
• Hydrological nutrient losses and methods of water quality protection on peatlands drained for forestry purposes
  
• Impact of forestry and environmental change on the diversity of boreal vegetation since 1950
  
• Interreg-Tacis Northern Coniferous Forests - Tools through research for the sustainable use of forests in the Barents Region.
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Modelling the effect of climate change on phytomass with a GIS
  
• Nationwide sensitivity classification of forest landscapes - developing and applying a model to Kainuu and Kuusamo hill region
  
• Natura-based recreation monitoring and assessment
  
• Natural regeneration of forests
  
• Reindeer husbandry in a changing environment
  
• Reindeer husbandry in a military exercise area - a case-study in Rovajärvi
  
• Survey of heavy metals by bioindicators
  
• Sustainable development of the Pechora region in a changing environment and society SPICE
  
• Sustainable multiple use of forests in northern Lapland
  
• The Lapland Forest Damage Project
  
• The alternatives of the forest regeneration methods and their ecological and social sustainability in Northern Finland
  
• The assessment and control of risks caused by forest pest insects in a changing environment
  

Contacts

Keywords: geographical information systems, remote sensing