Forest Ecosystems Management (FEM)
Forests provide numerous services: ecological, sociocultural, economic, and aesthetic. In 2012 ESM examined three major aspects of forest ecosystem provision to determine where gaps and conflicts exist, as well as where improvements can be made to support sustainable delivery of forest ecosystem services.
Details of these analyses, and how they relate to more effective forest ecosystem management in the future, can be accessed below.
Click through the right-hand box Ecosystems Services and Management Program 2012 to read about research in other ESM areas.
EU forests may absorb less carbon
European forests, which have been intensively managed for many decades, have formed a significant “sink” for absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. IIASA projections of the year 2011/12, however, highlight the possibility that the carbon absorption capacity of EU forests could decline over the next few decades. More
How to improve carbon allocation modeling—The Achilles’ heel of vegetation models
By using eco-evolutionary principles as a basis for plant behavior, modelers in ESM and EEP aims to develop a new generation of vegetation models that produce less uncertain predictions. More
CHP or biofuel production in Europe?
The opportunity to invest in combined heat and power (CHP) plants and second-generation biofuel production plants in Europe was investigated in a joint collaboration between ESM, Linköping University, and Mälardalen University. More
Future Forests
In 2012 ESM participated in the Future Forest research program, the mission of which is to provide knowledge that will make possible an increased and yet sustainable provision of ecosystem services from Swedish forests. More
Ecosystems Services and Management Program 2012