Packalen, Tuula

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

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Expertise

• forest planning
• forestry modelling and analyses
• decision support systems

Research Projects

Current

• Identification of restrictions to land use in forest management
  
• National Forest Inventory 10
  
• Raw material potentials, properties, suitability and competitiveness of Scots pine and Norway spruce in wood product industries
  
• Research coordination of the forest sector foresight
  
• Wood balance scenarios
  

Former

• Assessing quantity, quality and value of wood raw-material for timber trade and procurement
  
• Coordination of Forest Management Planning Research Programme
  
• Coordination of Research and Development Programme on Forest Resource Information System and Forest Planning
  
• Description of commercial roundwood and its distribution in analysing future cutting possibilities
  
• Effects of forest-use constraints on wood purchasing potential - wood user's point of view
  
• Enhancing local activity and values from forest land through community-led strategic planning
  
• Forest inventory and estimation methods for management planning
  
• Forest-related research and development projects supporting bioeconomy
  
• Forestry modelling and analyses
  
• Habitats of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in South Finland and the development of potential habitats in different cutting scenarios in 2005-2055
  
• Impacts of nature conservation on wood procurement possibilities and local economy
  
• Information and forestry planning system for the FFRI experimental forests
  
• Modification of the MELA Model to use Assimilated Initial Data to Produce Forest Growth Estimates in Boreal Forests
  
• Pools and fluxes of carbon in Finnish forests and their economic and social implications - stage 1
  
• Regional forest resources in changing climate
  
• Social and Local Economical Impacts of Forest Conservation in the Remote Rural Areas
  
• The production potential of the Finnish forests in 1996 - 2025
  
• Timber production possibilities on Finnish peatlands
  
• Using natural resource information to support policy making and decision making
  
• Woodworking industries' customer segments and their product and service needs in the internationalized markets
  

Contacts

Keywords: decision support systems, forest planning