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News
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Living greener with wood
Can Europeans be more inclined to live in multi-story wooden buildings? A study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences suggests it’s possible by targeting common misconceptions, increasing knowledge among real-estate agents, and accessible information platforms on wooden constructions. -
Strengthening climate change resilience in the African continent
Through collaborations involving nomadic cattle herders, small cacao farmers, young forest entrepreneurs and activists and researchers in different countries in Africa the Department of Forest Economics assists in combating climate change and infrastructural infringement facing millions of Africans. -
Valuable tree planting can help preserve natural forests in Borneo
By planting indigenous trees into logged forests, Borneo can have valuable timber production without rainforest losses. This is one of the findings in a study where SLU-researchers calculated the profitability of trees planted in a Malaysian forest restoration project.
Research projects
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KnockOnWood
Wooden multi-story construction (WMC) has strong potential to satisfy diverse housing needs of urban consumers, enhance promotion of climate-wise construction within municipalities, and boost competitiveness of the companies in the forestry-wood value-chains. -
Urban forest and recreation
The increasing number of residents in Swedish cities has resulted in an increasing use of land for city development. The need to provide recreation to citizens has gradually been increasing, causing nearby forests to play an important role as a space for recreation and social interactions. -
Gender equality and climate resilience of West African cacao-dependent households
The purpose of our research is to assess whether improvements in gender equality conditions support enhanced climate resilience of cacao farming-dependent households. -
Have REDD+ conservation interventions prevented degradation and associated carbon emissions in Argentina’s Atlantic forests?
Empirical evaluations of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) interventions have been largely limited to their capacity to reduce deforestation, but neglected avoided degradation (REDD’s second ‘D’).
Research groups
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The Krycklan Catchment Study
A unique opportunity for integrating projects in water quality, hydrological, and ecological studies across boreal landscapes -
Business Administration
The research focus covers the wood based value chain as part of a sustainable bio-economy. Our research includes both product and service production with a triple bottom line understanding in a context of global competition. -
Forest policy
Our research in forest policy focuses on institutions, property rights and policies to govern forest resources and to guide decision making towards a sustainable bio-based economy. -
Forest Economics
Forest economics studies the management of forests with the aim of achieving the greatest sustainable benefits to society. Forests produce a multitude of benefits ranging from extractive (e.g. timber) and non-extractive (e.g. recreation, carbon sequestration) uses to non-use values. -
Forest Resource Economics
Our Resource Economics research is centred around two broad areas: the economics of renewable energy, and understanding decision-making processes related to resource and environmental questions.