Matti Seppo Palo

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born April 6, 1938 in Kokkola, Finland; Finnish citizenship and resident

A. Qualifications and officies held

1969	Doctor of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, (Forest Economics), University of Helsinki
1974	- Adjunct professor (dosentti) in Forest Economics, University of Helsinki
1976 - 79	Professor of Forest Economics, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University KVL, Copenhagen, Denmark
1979 - 84	Senior Research Specialist (erikoistutkija), Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland (Metsäntutkimuslaitos METLA)
1984-	Professor of Forest Economics, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki
1994-	Adjunct professor (dosentti) in International Forest Policy, University of Joensuu, Finland
1996-2001	Director of the Research Program on "World Forests, Society and Environment" by the United Nations University UNU & European Forest Institute EFI & Finnish Forest Research Institute METLA
2002-	Affiliated Professor, CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center), Turrialba, Costa Rica
2003-2004	Professor of Environmental Policy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
2005-	Lecturer in international Environmental and Forest Policies, Univ.of Helsinki & Joensuu

B. Scientific Specialist Missions

1975, 1978, 1979-80, 1982, 1989	Consultant in forestry statistics and information system development, FAO, Forestry Department/Malaysia, Mozambique, Philippines, Nigeria and Rome.
1992	An invited member by the Norwegian Research Council for Agriculture NLVF in a team of three scientists in order to evaluate economic research in the field of agriculture and forestry in Norway
1993-1998	External Project Director of European Forest Institute EFI, Joensuu, Finland
1993-	Agricultural University of NLH/Ås/Norway: Invited member of the evaluation committee on Mr. Abdallah R.S. Kaoneka's Ph.D. degree
1993	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU/Uppsala/Sweden: Invited member of the evaluation committee on Mr. Göran Nilsson-Axbergs's Ph.D. degree.
1996	Agricultural University of Norway NLH/Ås/Norway: Invited member of the evaluation committee on Mr. Gerald C. Monela's Ph.D. degree.
1994-1998	Project Director of research project on "Deforestation, forest expansion and global carbon cycle" by the United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research UNU/WIDER, Helsinki. Finland
1999	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU/Uppsala/Sweden: An invited member of an evaluation committee on Dr. Leif Mattsson's nomination as a professor of Multiple Use Economics of Forestry.
1999	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU/Uppsala/Sweden. An invited Evaluator of a Research Program "Heureka" a new forest management system
1999	University of Wisconsin/Madison/USA: An invited member of an evaluation committee of professor Joseph Buongiorno's nomination to a WARF-named professorship.
2002	MISTRA-Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden: An invited member member of an international team for scientific assessment of MISTRA research program "HEUREKA" forest management analysis and planning systems for sustainable multi-purpose forestry.
2003	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU/Uppsala/sweden: An invited member of an evaluation committee on Dr Matts Bomans`s nomination as an Associated Professor
2005	Co-organizer of Session 004 at the XXII IUFRO Congress in Brisbane, Australia
2005	An invited member of a team to evaluate The Sustainable Forest Mangement Network in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada (1 week mission by the University of Alberta).

C. External Scientific posts

1985-1993	Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics. Chairperson of the Working Group on Developing Countries.
1990	International Union Forest Research Organizations IUFRO/XIX World Congress/Montreal, Canada. Invited sub-plenary session speaker on "System causality on Deforestation and development in the Third World".
1991	Tsukuba University, Japan/Seminar on The present state of tropical rainforests in Asia. Invited speaker on "Terms of transition from deforestation into sustainable forestry in tropical Asia".
1993	United Nations Conference in Accra, Ghana on "Sustainable environmental and Resource management futures for Sub-Saharan Africa". Invited speaker on "Tropical deforestation" and elected chairperson of the final plenary session.
1995-	Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Forest Economics, Umeå, Sweden
1996	European Forest Institute: Invited Chairperson of the Organization Committee for an international seminar on "Forest industries toward the third millennium".
1996	ECOSUD-97/The First International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development at Peniscola/Spain by Wessex Institute of Technology/Southampton/UK and University of Valencia/Spain: Invited 1) Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee, 2) Invited speaker on "Causes and Scenarios of African deforestation".
1998	Invited key-note speaker in an International Conference on Tropical Forests and Climate Change on "Deforestation and carbon flux scenarios in the tropics". University of the Philippines.
1998-	Editor with Dr. Jussi Uusivuori of a new "World Forests" book series by Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, Boston, London.
1999	An invited Speaker in an International Conference on "Scenarios on tropical deforestation and carbon fluxes revisited". UNU/IAS and IGES. Tokyo
2000	An invited key-note speaker in the International Conference on "Value of Forests" by the United Nations University, Tokyo.
2001-	Member of the Advisory Committee of Eurasian Journal of Forest Research, Hokkaido, Japan
2001	Invited speaker by the Transparency International at the 10th international anticorruption conference. Prague, Czech Republic.
2003	An invited key-note speaker by the University of Latvia at the International Conference on Integrative Approaches towards Sustainability in Jurmala, Latvia.
2005	Invited seaker by European Environmental History Association in Florence.
2005	Invited speaker by IUFRO in Brisbane Australia.
2006	Invited speaker by ISSRM in Vancouver, British Columbia.
2006	Invited speaker by Ecological Footprint in Dakar, Senegal.

D. Scientific Awards

1989-	Associate Fellow, London Environmental Economics Center (sponsored jointly by By University College London and IIED). The research program has been lately merged into International Institute for Environment and Development IIED.
1991 - 1992	Senior Fellow Scholarship (Varttuneiden Tieteenharjoittajien Apuraha) on Tropical Deforestation modeling, the Academy of Finland, Suomen Akatemia.
1996	Accademia Italiana di Science Forestale/Florence/Italy: Invited lecture on "Role of science in international processes for sustainable forest management".
1996-	Invited Member in Global Modeling Forum supporting UN Committee for Sustainable Development, New York
2003	Decoration with a Cajander Medal of bronze by The Finnish Society of Forest Science.

E. Mastering of languages

Finnish: mother tongue,
English: excellent in spoken and in writing and reading,
German: satisfactory in spoken and in writing and reading,
Swedish: excellent in spoken and reading and good in writing,
Danish: good in spoken and reading,
Norwegian: good in spoken and reading

F. A selection of recent publications

1984	Palo, M. Deforestation Scenarios for the Tropics. In Policy Analysis for Forestry Development Vol. II. Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Thessaloniki, Greece, 27-31 August 1984. IUFRO, Thessaloniki. Pp. 449-463.
1987	Palo, M. Deforestation perspectives for the tropics: A provisional theory with pilot applications. In D. Dykstra, M. Kallio and C. Binkley (eds.), The Global Forest Sector. An Analytical Perspective. IIASA and John Wiley, London. Pp. 57-89.
	Palo, M., Mery, G. and Salmi, J. Deforestation in the Tropics: Pilot Scenarios based on Quantitative analyses. In Palo, M. and Salmi, J. (eds.), Deforestation or Development in the Third World? Vol. I. Bulletin 282 of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki. Pp. 53-106.
	Palo, M. and Salmi, J. (eds.) 1987. Deforestation or Development in the Third World?. Vol I.Bulletin 282 of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki.
1990	Palo, M. Deforestation and Development in the Third World: Roles of System Causality and Population. In M. Palo and G. Mery (eds.), Deforestation or Development in the Third World?Vol. III. Bulletin 349 of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki. Pp. 155-177.
	Palo, M. and Mery, G. (eds.), Deforestation or Development in the Third World? Vol III Bulletin 349of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki.
1994	Palo, M. Population and Deforestation. In K. Brown and D.W. Pearce (eds.), The Causes of Tropical Deforestation. UCL Press, London. Pp. 42-56.
1996	In Palo, M. and Mery, G. (eds.), Sustainable Forestry Challenges for Developing Countries. Science and Technology Library 10. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 384 p.
	Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Underlying causes of pantropical deforestation. Environmental Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Tropical Asian deforestation and sustainability prospects. pp. 93-119. Palo, M., Mery, G. and Lehto, E. Latin American deforestation and sustainability prospects. pp. 199-228.
1997	Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Causes and Scenarios of African Deforestation. An Invited Paper in the First International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Peniscola, Spain.
	Palo, M. No sustainable forestry without adequate privatization. In Communications of Skogsforsk 48.18, p. 303-310. Norwegian Forest Research Institute NISK. Ås, Norway.
1998	Palo, M., Hellström, E. and Solberg B. Financing forest sector research: Theory and European experiences. IUFRO Occasional Paper No 10. 33 p.
	Palo, M., Hellström, E and Solberg, B. on Privatization of forest sector research in Europe. Unasylva 198, p. 27-37.
1999	In Palo, M. and Uusivuori, J., (eds.) World Forests, Society and Environment, Kluwer Academic Publishers: World Forests No 1. Dordrecht/Boston/London. 404 p.
	Palo, M. No End to Deforestation? p. 65-77 Palo, M., Kopylova, E., Lobovikov, M. and Zhang, Y. Russian and Chinese Societies and Environments in Transition. p. 321-330. Palo, M. and Uusivuori, J. Globalization of Forests, Societies and Environments. *Palo, M. and Uusivuori J. Forest-based Development in Finland - a Unique Success? p. 300-318.
	In Palo, M. (ed.) Global scenarios and policies on forest transitions and carbon fluxes.UNU/WIDER. World Development Studies 15. Helsinki. 166 p.
	Palo, M., Lehto, E. and Enroth, R-R. Scenarios on tropical deforestation and carbon fluxes, p. 13-40. Palo, M. and Solberg, B. Global scenarios and policies on forests and carbon, p. 1-12.
2000	In Palo, M. and Vanhanen, H. (eds.): World Forest from Deforestation to Transition? Kluwer Academic Publishers. World Forests 2. Dordrecht/Boston/London. 216 p.
	Palo, M. Global overview and policies, p. 3-21. Palo, M., Lehto, E. and Uusivuori, J. Modeling causes of deforestation with 477 observations, p. 101-124.
2001	In Palo, M., Uusivuori, J. and Mery, G. (eds.). World Forests, Markets and Policies.World Forests, Vol III. Kluwer Academic publishers. Dordrecth/Boston/London.490 p.
	Palo, M., Uusivuori, J, and Mery, G. World Forests, markets and policies: Towards a Balance. p. 13-12. Palo, M. World Forests and the G8 economic powers: from Imperialism to the Action Programme on Forests. p. 165-192.
2002	Uusivuori, J., Lehto, E. and Palo, M. Population, income and ecological conditions as determinants of forest area variation in the tropics. Global Environmental Change 12: 313-323.
2003	Palo, M. Evolution of sustainable forest management in Finland with impacts of globalisation. A key note paper in the Proceedoings of The International Conference on Integrative Approaches towards Sustainability. Baltic Sea Region taking the lead, p. 60-69. University of Latvia. Riga.
2004a	Palo, M. Globalization of forest industries: opportunities and threats for Finland and Sweden. Proceedings of the International Conference on forest industries and markets. University of Växo. Sweden.
2004b	Palo, M. Poverty reduction by tropical forests: Rhetoric or a viable option? In Proceedings of International Workshop on Forests for poverty reduction: Opportunities with CDM, biodiversity and other environmental services. FAO. Bankok. Forthcoming.
2005	Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Poverty reduction by tropical forests? Silva Carelica 50, p.1-17. University of Joensuu.
2006	Palo, M. Coevolution of forestry and society in Finland: From preindustrial to industrial forestry. In Rauhalahti, M. (Ed.): Essays on the history of Finnish forestry. Metsähistorian seura ry/Lusto. Punkaharju, p. 49-99.
2009a	Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Deforestation and poverty in North Korea, Mongolia and the Asian. Tropics. A manuscript for submission to a refereed journal. 29 p.
2009b	Palo, M. and Lehto, E. Modeling poverty, deforestation and corruption in tropical countries. A manuscript submitted for Science-magazine. 13 p.

A total of more than 200 publications mostly in fields of Finnish and international forest and environmental policy, forestry statistics and tropical deforestation modeling.

G. Professional experience outside Finland

I started my practical forester career by working for half a year in 1961 for the Forestry Commission of Great Britain in Wales , England and Scotland .
In 1969-1970 I worked a year as a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of California in Berkley .
In 1976-1978 I worked for two years in Denmark as a Professor of Forest Economics at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University KVL.
In 2003-2004 I worked as a full-time visiting Professor of Environmental Policy at Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
In 1975-1989 I have worked as a Consultant in Malaysia , The Philippines, Mozambique , Nigeria , and in FAO Headquarters in Rome for FAO Forestry Department altogether 12 months.
In addition I have spent one month or more in study, lecturing and fact finding tours in Austria, Brasil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, and Switzerland.
During my research career of 43 years I have had shorter conference and fact finding tours in 35 other countries in six continents.
In total I have worked outside Finland about seven years.
I am highly experienced to work in international teams with members from different disciplinary, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
I have managed to find funding for our projects from The United Nations, New York, UN University UNU, Tokyo, UNU/WIDER, Helsinki, UNU/IAS, Tokyo, EU, Bryssels, European Forest Institute, Joensuu.

H. Special Features of my research

In earlier part of my career I devoted my efforts to develop forestry statistics systems. I did pioneer in analyzing forest research policies in Finland in the 1970s. Later on I analyzed historical evolution of forest policies in Finland and co-edited a comparative study of forest policies in Finland and five other countries or regions. This book initiated a new forestry law of 1997 in Finland. I have been among the pioneers in global quantitative macro modeling of underlying causes and scenarios of tropical deforestation since 1984. It has become my most devoted field of research. Since 1986 I have been leading three international research teams and networks with about 200 researchers world-wide. In 1996-2001 I created a global alliance of eight research institutions from five continents to study world forests, society and environment. This became a premier in research on the rapid globalization of forest sector.

I. Teaching experience

1961 - 1962	I got training for a half a year in teaching forestry for forest rangers in a College of Forestry at Kuru in Finland.
Since 1973	I have given lectures part-time at the University of Helsinki as an Adjunct Professor.
1976 - 1978	I gave lectures full-time at the Agricultural University of Denmark as a Professor.
Since 1994	I have given lectures part-time in English at the University of Joensuu, Finland as an Adjunct Professor.
Since 2002	I have given lectures part-time at CATIE in Costa Rica as an Affiliate Professor.
Since 2003	I have lectured full time International Forest Policies at the Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
	During of my whole professional career I have given some few hundred papers in conferences, seminars and workshops: for example in 2003 nineteen such papers in Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Korea, Sweden and Switzerland; in 2002 twenty papers in The Republic of Korea, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, The Philippines, Sweden; in 2001 fifteen papers at EU in Belgium, Brunei, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Finland, Germany, Latvia; 1991 e. g. papers in The Republic of Korea and Japan.

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