Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke

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...

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

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/...

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 🧪🌏🌐

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

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

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

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!

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

🌳🌲🐾 #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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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👇

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

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

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/...

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

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

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

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...

Happy to start tweeting in Bluesky by announcing that we have just started a new Horizon Europe project SafeNet we’re coordinating at Luke with my dear colleague Jukka Forsman and me. Aiming at improving biodiversity and protecting old-growth forests of Europe. Regards from the kick-off @luke.fi