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FORBIO

FORBIO will provide for decision making smart means, solutions and tools.

The project aims at providing the preconditions for the sustainable increase of climate-neutrality and resource-efficiency of forest bioeconomy. The key actors in forest bioeconomy and ministries are stakeholders of the project.

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Henna Konu (henna.konu@uef.fi)

I’m working as an Associate Professor at University of Eastern Finland focusing on examining nature-based tourism business. My current research interests are nature connectedness in nature-based tourism experiences, sustainability in tourism firms, designing experiential tourism services and tourism as a part of bioeconomy.

Specialties and interests in research: well-being tourism, nature-based tourism, wellbeing from nature, experience design, experiential services, customer involvement, qualitative methods, responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, eco-labels and schemes, carbon offsetting models in tourism, cultural ecosystem services

Isabel Muñoz Hidalgo (isabel.munoz.hidalgo@uef.fi)

I am a forester (MSc in European Forestry & Forestry Engineer) working as a co-ordinator of the Bachelors’ degree in English Sustainable forest bioeconomy at the School of Forest Sciences. Other tasks include co-ordination of international exchange and teaching. My previous experience at UEF included building strong research & education collaborations in North and South America in the area of sustainable forest bioeconomy as well as designing and marketing of services for Global Education.

My previous studies & research focused on forest & energy policies, Corporate Responsibility and Social Safeguards under FLEGT VPA’s. I have over a decade of teaching experience (including: forestry, Spanish language & cultures, and drama)

I am highly interested in teaching, co-creation,  and involvement of different stakeholder groups including citizens to guarantee sustainable and responsible use of natural resources.

Ismo Pölönen (ismo.polonen@uef.fi)

Ismo Pölönen is a Professor of Environmental Law (Bioeconomy and Natural Resources Law) at the UEF Law School. Pölönen defended his dissertation on environmental impact assessment in 2007 and was awarded the title of docent in environmental law in 2012. His research has focused on the EU and Finnish law on environmental impact assessment, mining and forest legislation, land use planning law and public participation rights. Pölönen is very experienced in multidisciplinary and international research projects. He has also held several expert roles that have supported the drafting of legislation and the practical implementation of legal statutes. Pölönen leads legal-scientific sub-project in CORE-consortium funded by funded by Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland. This sub-project studies collaborative environmental planning and decision-making from the regulatory perspective. Furthermore, he leads a sub-project of TRANAPLAN-consortium (2020-2024) funded by Academy of Finland. This study brings together planning theory and jurisprudence to examine land use planning especially in the Finnish context.

Jan Kunnas (jan.kunnas@uef.fi)

I have examined the use of Finland´s forests from a multitude of perspectives, including Finland´s wood-based industrialization, the debate over the best uses of the forests from the critique of slash-and-burn cultivation and tar burning since the 18th century to present-day forest conflicts and bioeconomy. Comparisons with the development in Sweden and Minnesota have provided further insight into the development, and currently, I have plans with colleagues in Poland for further comparative work.