Nuutinen, Yrjö

M.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Forestry Engineer

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Expertise

• harvesting technology of industrial and energy wood
• forest work science

Research Projects

Current

• New logistic and technology innovations in wood procurement of forest industry
  
• Smart forest biomass supply chains from forest to consumer including advanced logistic and quality control and fuel upgrading options
  

Former

• Bioenergy from forests -research program co-ordination
  
• Biomass resource assessment and feedstock availability
  
• Changing operational environment of wood procurement
  
• Energy wood measurement for quantity and quality
  
• Forest management and biodiversity
  
• Forest vitality
  
• Logistical models and applications in wood procurement
  
• Long-term monitoring of forest ecosystems
  
• Modelling of stand and tree development at the early stage and the effects of different young stand treatments on timber production
  
• Natural forests: structure, dynamics and biodiversity as compared with managed forests
  
• Succession of virgin forest stands
  
• Sustainable and competitive forest biomass for energy in developing markets - opportunities for the Finnish forest biomass sector
  
• Technology and logistics of industrial and energy wood in Finland and in the EU.
  
• The ecological base and predictability of natural seedling establishment
  
• The prediction of the tree growth and quality in Betula pendula and Betula pubescens stands
  
• The vitality of forests in western Finland
  
• Timber quality in single-grip harvester logging
  
• Wood harvesting technology and wood procurement in Finland and in the EU
  
• Yield effects and profitability of integrated energy and round wood harvesting in thinnings
  

Contacts

Keywords: forest technology, forest work science, timber harvesting