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OSCAR Workshop:

“Mechanized and efficient

silviculture”

November 25 – 26, 2015

Natural Resources Institute Finland

Suonenjoki Research Unit

© LuonnonvarakeskusEnglish text: Don Welsh 4.12.20152


- Established in 1968 as research station in forest regeneration- Today about 15 researchers and the whole staff about 35 persons

- Research concentrates onresearch and development work from seed to young stand management

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Suonenjoki Research UnitBuilds the future of forestry by producing

information on forest regeneration

4.12.2015 3

Seed orchards / stands

Handling of cones and seeds

Seedling production

Forest regeneration / soil treatment

Early stand treatments

Tending of young stands

First thinning

Ecology /physiology

Climate change

Cost-efficiency / quality

Technology / economy

Official tasks:

Testing and

of pesticides

Statistics of

silviculture

Monitoring of

rodents

© Luonnonvarakeskus4 4.12.2015Ville Kankaanhuhta

OSCAR Workshop:

“Mechanized and efficient silviculture”

OSCAR = Operating Systems Centre of Advanced Research

Rolf Björheden

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OSCAR Workshop:


OSCAR highlighted areas of research

•Forest energy •Soft logging

•Mechanized silviculture

•Forestry business engineering

•Automation

OSCAR 2011-2015

• Research conferences

• Stronger focus on meetings/seminars

• Keywords: • Productivity

• Profitability

• Sustainability/certification

• Energy efficiency• Standardization

• Exchange of information, results, sites and tools

• Joint application writing is encouraged • Joint meetings with adjacent CARs


OSCAR Workshop:


Division 3 - Forest Operations Engineering and Management


OSCAR Workshop:

“Mechanized and efficient silviculture”IUFRO Division 3 - Forest Operations Engineering and Management

TOR Terms of Reference

Analysis, design and continuous improvement of the facilities

and networks of technical and transaction processes required to establishing and tending forest stands. Clusters of primary

processes are (1) nursery operations, (2) site preparation,

(3) regeneration, and (4) stand tending and protection. Classes of transaction processes are (5) procurement, (6) order

fullfillment, (7) data exchange, and (8) system monitoring and

control.

Mission organising or encouraging the holding of meetings or

conferences to discuss research problems and results,

ensuring that the proceedings of these meetings are published and made available to interested people, and

issuing of newsletters to ensure those on the mailing lists of the groups are informed of activities of interest.

3.02.00 - Stand establishment and treatment


OSCAR Workshop:


Organizers of the workshop:

Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" is the main centre of forest science in Latvia and leader of scientific ideas in forestry and the related research and d

Latvian State Forest Research Institute


OSCAR Workshop:

“Mechanized and efficient

silviculture”

November 25 – 26, 2015

Natural Resources Institute Finland



OSCAR Workshop:


Homepage:

http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2015/oscar-workshop/index.htm


OSCAR Workshop:


Presentation (as pdf-files) in the workshop www –page- send the pdf –file no later than 3.12.2015

Workshop proceedings

- will be published in Luke report series

- prepare an extended abstract of your presentation- extended abstract can include tables, graphs, fotos

- maximum 5 pages

- send it in word-format; deadline 31.12.2015


• Future research needs and co-operation

• Ideas to be tested…

OSCAR Workshop– purpose of the workshop


Example of co-operation

13 4.12.2015Ville Kankaanhuhta


Interreg: Baltic sea region – second call



Examples of actions (I)



Examples of actions (II)



Future events

17 4.12.2015Teppo Tutkija

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