Aro, Lasse

M.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Researcher, Customer Manager, Parkano

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Expertise

• afforestation of peat cut-away areas
• forest radioecology
• nutrient status of cut-away peatlands

Research Projects

Current

• Intensive production of woody biomass
  
• Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems
  

Former

• Afforestation of cut-away peatlands and peat fields
  
• Control of radiation risks in forestry
  
• Coordination of the Research programme of the ecologically and economically sustainable forestry on peatlands
  
• Decidious trees as energy wood: growing, harvesting and quality
  
• Developing methods for afforestation of (former agricultural) fields
  
• Forest regeneration and afforestation on peatlands
  
• Forestry in peat cutaway areas: Nutritional aspects
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Nutrient amounts and nutrient dynamics in drained peatland
  
• Pools and fluxes of carbon on mineral soils and peatlands
  
• Regeneration of peatland forests
  
• The effect of fertilization on radiocaesium distribution in the forest
  
• Usage of peat cutover areas for wood production
  
• West Finland Forestry Cooperation Network
  

Contacts

Keywords: afforestation of cutaway peatlands, forest radioecology, nutrient status of cutaway peatlands