| Monday 18th August |
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Arrival of participants
Lodging at the Hotel Lasaretti
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Informal Welcome Party. Restaurant Lasaretti.
Welcome to Oulu. Tytti Tuppurainen. Chair of the Regional Council |
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| Tuesday 19th August |
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| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration of participants (Hotel Lasaretti, Aurora-Hall 1) |
| 09:15 - 11:00 |
Opening of the Twenty-sixth Session of the European Forestry Commission´s Working Party on the Management of Watersheds (Aurora Hall 2)
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Welcoming words by the organizers |
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- Eero Kubin. Chair of the local organizing committee
- Maria Patek. Chair of EFC´s Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds
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Keynote addresses
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- Heikki Granholm. Forestry Counsellor. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Jouni Pursiainen. Dean. Faculty of Sciences. University of Oulu
- Thomas Hofer. Secretary of Working Party. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Gernot Fiebiger. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
- Kjersti Bakkebø Fjellstad. Policy Adviser. Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
Adoption of the agenda |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Report on inter-sessional activities following the 25th Session of the Working Party ( Salzburg). Thomas Hofer. FAO |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch break (Restaurant Lasaretti)
Press Conference (Aurora Hall 2)
Maria Patek, Thomas Hofer, Raino Heino, Eero Kubin, representative of The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| 13:00 - 15:00 |
Seminar: “Forests, water and climate change in high altitude and high latitude watersheds”
Chair: Seppo Hellsten, Senior Researcher. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
- Opening the Seminar. Thomas Hofer. FAO
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- The influence of climate change at high altitude and high latitude. Raino Heino, a member of the IPCC. Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Climate change and its geophysical and ecological impacts in the Swedish sub Arctic mountain. Terry Callaghan. Royal Swedish Academy of Science,
Abisko Research Station
- Climate change impacts on distribution and melt of snow in high altitudes and latitudes. Josef Krecek. Czech technical University
- The role of conservation agriculture in the management of hilly watersheds. Ádám Kertész. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Geographical Research Institute
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee break (Aurora Hall 1) |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Seminar continues |
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- Integrated watershed management and adaptation to climate change in the Himalayan region. Mats Erikson. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
- Communicating aspects of global change in mountain watersheds by means of environmental education. Angela Michiko Hama. Institute of Geography. University of Innsbruck
- Hydrology of headwater peatlands: how are these ecosystems connected
to and dependent on groundwater? Björn Klöve. Department of Process and Environmental Engineering. University of Oulu
- Peatland ecosystem and global change. Jukka Laine. Finnish Forest Research Institute
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| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Access walk time. Hotel Lasaretti - The Oulu City Hall |
| 18:00 - 19.30 |
Reception in the City Hall
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Jouko Arranto. Deputy Chair of the City Council
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Pekka Vuononvirta. Director of Environment. City of Oulu
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| Wednesday 20th August |
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Progress in integrated watersheds and environment management in relation to the seminar topic (Aurora Hall 2) |
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- Presentation of National and Observer Reports
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break (Aurora Hall 1) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Session continues |
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- Presentations of National and Observer Reports
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch break (Restaurant Lasaretti) |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Session continues |
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- Presentations of National and Observer Reports
- Discussion / Break
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Programme of Working Party until 2012 – defining long term programme, inter-sessional activities
Collaboration and linkages between the Working Party and the European
Forestry Commission
Presence of the Working Party at the 34th Session of the European
Forestry Commission in October 2008 |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee break (Aurora Hall 1) |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Communication (Working Party website, newsletter, leaflet, logo)
Election of officers of the working party
Date and place of the 27th Session
Any other matters
Adoption of the draft report
Closing of the 26 th Session of the Working Party |
| 18:15 - 19:00 |
Bus Hotel Lasaretti - Muhos Church |
| 19:00 - 19:30 |
Visit to the oldest wooden Church in Finland (1634). Eila Tillman-Sutela, Chair of the Parish Council. Pekka Kyllönen, Chaplain. |
| 19:30 - 19:45 |
Bus Muhos Church - Research Unit |
| 19:45 - 20:15 |
Introduction to the Muhos Research Unit. Eila Tillman-Sutela |
| 20:15 - 22:00 |
Conference dinner in Muhos Research Unit. Courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. |
| 22:00 - 22:30 |
Bus Muhos - Hotel Lasaretti |
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Study Tour |
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| Thursday 21st August |
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| 08:00 - 08:45 |
Bus: Hotel Lasaretti - Kuikkasuo (40 km) |
| 08:45 - 10:30 |
Theme 1. Conservation and utilization of peatlands |
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- Land uplift and development of peatlands after the Last Ice Age. Mirva Leppälä. Metla, Muhos Research Unit.
- Energy use of peat and after-use of cutaway peatlands. Pentti Åman. Turveruukki Oy
- Bus: Kuikkasuo - Hirvisuo (10 km)
- Peatlands in their natural state. Pentti Åman. Turveruukki
- Coffee break
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| 10:30 - 11:45 |
Bus: Hirvisuo - Taivalkoski Forestry College (110 km) |
| 11:45 - 13:30 |
Theme 2. Forests in a local economy |
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- Harvester simulators. Jouni Kortetjärvi
- Lunch
- Taivalkoski Forestry College. Kalevi Hirvonen. Head of the School
- Forests in a local economy. Hannu Virranniemi. Managing Director Pölkky Metsä Oy
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Bus: Taivalkoski - Oijusluoma, Kuusamo (60 km) |
| 14:15 - 15:15 |
Theme 3. Boreal forest environment
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- Usefulness of integrated drainage basin approach in water protection. Kaisa Heikkinen. Finnish Environment Institute. Oulu office
- Environmental effects of the recovery of logging residues and stumps. Presentation of the research project. Oijusluoma catchment areas. Eero Kubin. Metla, Muhos Research Unit
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Bus: Oijusluoma - Kuusamo - Ruka - Oulanka National Park, Visitor Centre (80 km). On the bus: The importance of Ruka in Kuusamo tourism. Representative of the City of Kuusamo |
| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Theme 4. Northern transboundary cooperation |
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Oulanka Research Station |
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- Voluntary outdoor route: Roaring rapids of Kiutaköngäs (2,5 km walking trail, round trip)
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Dinner. Hosted by Pauli Saapunki, Council of Oulu Region.
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| Friday 22nd August |
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| Study tour map |
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| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Breakfast. Oulanka Research Station |
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Theme 5. Tourism and environmental values of landscape |
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- Nature-based tourism, nature protection and local communities. Pirkko Siikamäki. Oulanka Research Station
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| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Packing |
| 09:30 - 10:45 |
Bus: Oulanka Research Station - Mourusalmi (85 km) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Theme 6. Ultimate watersheds - lakes, rivers and forests |
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- Kitka lakes - Example of uniques clear water lakes of Finland. Seppo Hellsten. Finnish Environment Institute. Oulu office
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Bus: Mourusalmi - Posio (15 km) |
| 11:30 - 12:45 |
Pentik Oy. Interior design retailer. |
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- Coffee break
- Hand made ceramics & exhibition
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| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Bus: Posio - Livojärvi |
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
- Lake Livojärvi - short introduction to timber floating and it´s consequences. Seppo Hellsten. Finnish Environment Institute.
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Bus: Lake Livojärvi - Iso-Syöte, Syöte Visitor Centre (65 km) |
| 14:15 - 16:30 |
Theme 7. Forest management and environmental protection |
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- Lunch. Syöte Visitor Centre
- Land-use history in Syöte National Park, especially slash-and-burn cultivaltion and the exhibition of Syöte Visitor Centre. Jouni Aarnio. Metsähallitus
- Developing multifunctional forest planning and best forestry practises as means of watercourse protection in Finnish state forests. Juhani Karjalainen. Metsähallitus
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| 16:30 - 17:15 |
Bus: Hotel Iso-Syöte. Iso-Syote fell.
Coffee. End of the Study Tour.
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| 17:15 - 19:00 |
Bus: Hotel Iso-Syöte - Oulu, Hotel Lasaretti (140 km) |
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