Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke

Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke

@mikkopel.bsky.social

Forests, climate, ecology, and anything interesting deserving an explanation or a model. Research professor at Natural Resources Institute Finland.

862 Followers 262 Following 19 Posts Joined Jan 2025
1 week ago

Happy to repost this study led by TUM. We really should be concerned about increasing forest disturbances in Europe. The focus should be put next to developing resilient and adaptive forest management options. Great work Marc, Rupert et al. @luke.fi

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8 months ago
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NEW ARTICLE OUT @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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8 months ago

Ping @safenet-eu.bsky.social and @forestpaths.eu

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8 months ago
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New paper! 📃🌲

#ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests.

Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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9 months ago
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Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...

Realistic models of the potential for global reforestation suggest that it could absorb roughly 5% of human CO2 emissions. This is still worthwhile but nowhere near a solution on its own. New paper just published 🧪🌏🌐

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9 months ago

Thanks also @luke.fi & FunPotential colleagues:
@gkunstler.bsky.social
@jbarrere.bsky.social #carolapaul #bjornreineking @honkaniemi.bsky.social #nikokulha #jasperfuchs #jussilintunen #mattihyyrynen

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9 months ago
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Interesting research results from #MixForChange @biodiversa.eu project by @joguillemot.bsky.social et al: drougth sensitive tree species do better among drought tolerants. #BioDivClim #FunPotential

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9 months ago

Awesome comics illustrating topics and results of 21 Biodiversa project. Among others, oir dear #FunPotential project, check the QRs in Forests of Forgotten Futures @luke.fi @gkunstler.bsky.social @jbarrere.bsky.social @honkaniemi.bsky.social #CarolaPaul #NikoKulha @aaporautiainen.bsky.social

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9 months ago

Wouldn’t this be also your dream job? Principal scientist’s permanent position (wild life ecology) in an internationally regognised research institute @luke.fi, with amazing colleagues and atmosphere. Check now!

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9 months ago

How to make voluntary forest C offsets popular? Important findings from a survey to forest owners.

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9 months ago
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🌳🌲🐾 #SafeNet is officially launched!

We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.

Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch

@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek

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10 months ago
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Turvemaiden kuusikko voi palautua poimintahakkuusta odotettua nopeammin. Kaksi uutta tutkimusta osoittaa, että ravinteikkaan ojitetun turvemaan kuuset kasvattavat juuriaan ja sitovat hiiltä jo heti hakkuun jälkeen. #turvemetsä #hiilensidonta #metsätalous Lue lisää: www.luke.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

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10 months ago

This is a must read for all forest modelers out there trying to predict climate change impacts on forests!

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10 months ago
Makurhini: An R package for comprehensive analysis of landscape fragmentation and connectivity Habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change threaten biodiversity, emphasizing the need to maintain landscape connectivity for species movement and access to resources. Limited conservation funds ...

How to calculate connectivity metrics in the R programming language?

Using the Makurhini package.

It includes many of the connectivity analyses in Conefor and many more.

Great collaboration led by Oscar Godínez and Camilo Correa.

Read it in our preprint:
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

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10 months ago

Join our webinar no. 2 about species distribution modeling on 12th May to understand how species and communities respond to environment and climate change @mdpashkevich.bsky.social @safenet-eu.bsky.social #HEUproject @luke.fi @forwards-project.bsky.social @forestpaths.eu
#OldGrowthForests

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10 months ago

Interesting research position open in @safenet-eu.bsky.social #HEUproject. Join the project studying anticipatory conservation-management of European biodiversity and #OldGrowthForests
@luke.fi @forestpaths.eu

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11 months ago
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If you are interested how long it takes for forest soil C to recover from clear-cut, check our new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@luke.fi @nibiolandskap.bsky.social @holisoils.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution will inform forest management and policies - HoliSoils Forest soils provide important ecosystem services, such as biodiversity support, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, water regulation and erosion control.

Soil property maps for Europe at 100 m resolution released by ISRIC - World Soil Information in the framework of the EU HoliSoils project to inform forest management and policies.
holisoils.eu/soil-propert...
🧪🌍👇🌲🌳
#soilscience #soilhealth #soilmapping #forestsoil

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11 months ago
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you a quantitative environment...

We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage @universityofleeds.bsky.social! You'll be part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social project, mapping above + below-ground C stocks in European forests 🛰️🌳💻🌲 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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Petr Baldrian @holisoils.bsky.social event: GlobalFungi database shows where microbes are vulnerable to climate and how diversity varies across Europe. Awesome. Data will be used in species & community modelling @SafeNet-eu.bsky.social in collab. with
@pbaldrian.bsky.social. @luke.fi #HEUproject

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11 months ago

Check the @holisoils.bsky.social policy brief here holisoils.eu/new-holisoil...
@forestpaths.eu.

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11 months ago
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Pan-European survey done in @ForestPaths.bsky.social & @holisoils.bsky.social #HEUprojects found that many forest owners could change mngmt without full compensation of profit losses. Hans Verkerk speaks in Holisoils PB event in Brussels @luke.fi @raisamakipaa.bsky.social @aleksileh.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere - Nature Ecology & Evolution Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption to q...

1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱

Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Key take homes below👇

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1 year ago
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SafeNet #HEUProject aims at supporting conservation-management efforts and policies at local & EU levels. @luke.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social teams proudly presenting their project poster at #OikosFin2025 conference. @safenet-eu.bsky.social #OldGrowthForests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #JSDM

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1 year ago
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Luke SafeNet learns HMSC in OikosFinland2025 workshop organized by our partners in Predictive Community Ecology Group of @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social. In SafeNet #HEUproject, Jyväskylä team will use HMSC to predict biodiversity across Europe. @luke.fi @nordicoikos.bsky.social #oldgrowthforests

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1 year ago
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Eddy-covariance fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O in a drained peatland forest after clear-cutting Abstract. Rotation forestry based on clear-cut harvesting, site preparation, planting and intermediate thinnings is currently the dominant management approach in Fennoscandia. However, understanding o...

If you are interested how CO2 and N2O emissions peak after clear-cut on fertile drained peatland forest and vary by surface type, check recent paper by @optikkasalo.bsky.social from @luke.fi in @egubg.bsky.social journal:
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

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1 year ago
picture of people in front of a while building and in the snow Circle of people connected by a blue thread to represent a network white hotel chalets in the snow Snow field with red/orange sun setting

🌲 The SafeNet project kicks off—in dreamy Tuusula, Helsinki!🌲

We are building a network to safeguard forests, starting with a thread (literally) to show how we are all connected.

Because protecting trees starts with loving them, frostbite and all! ❄️🌍

#Biodiversity #Carbonrich #OldgrownForests

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1 year ago
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3rd day of SafeNet #HEUproject kick-off: an excursion to Tuusula Sarvikallio forest area combining conservation, management, recreation. Discussing options for improving biodiversity, connectivity and protecting old-growth forests. Thanks for a fruitful meeting! @safenet-eu.bsky.social @luke.fi

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1 year ago
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Second day of SafeNet #HEUproject kick-off: exploring collaborations with sister projects, including ForBest, BottomsUp, NaturaConnect and a new #HEUproject Trees4Adapt coordinated by two SafeNet-Luke members. @safenet-eu.bsky.social @luke.fi #OldGrowthForests #HorizonEurope #Biodiversity

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1 year ago
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Safeguarding biodiversity and carbon-rich forest networks in Europe | SafeNet Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission The EU has developed ambitious policies and regulations to halt biodiversity loss resulting from intensive use of forests and land and climate change. Reversing the decline of biodiversity requires sa...

Start following us @safenet-eu.bsky.social

More information in Cordis until our webpages are up cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

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