Providing Sustainable Solutions - The North European Forestry
Nordic-Baltic research organisations' network PROFOR workshop
10th of December 2019, Brussels
Impact of Forestry on Biodiversity - Floor Vodde, Estonian University of Life Sciences
1. Biodiversity
in the
Nordic-Baltic countries
consequences, challenges, options
Floor Vodde - Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Impact of Forestry on
Helsinki EU Office, Brussels
10 December 2019
Photo credits: Koidula Kliimann
Photo credits: Ülle Kütsen
Photo credits: Kaisa Äärmaa
Photo credits: Koidula Kliimann
Photo credits: Ülle Kütsen
2. Photo credits: Helen Jõeorg Photo credits: Kaisa Äärmaa
• Species numbers?
• Trends
• Forest species
Biodiversity
in the Nordic and Baltic countries
Photo credits: Koidula Kliimann
Photo credits: Liina Uurman
Photo credits: Ülle Kütsen
3. Main factors of impact
• Climate, natural fluctuations
• Anthropogenic factors (direct, indirect)
Forestry related
• Fragmentation
• Forest management schemes:
– Selection of tree species
Photo credits: Allar Maripuu
Photo credits: Allar Maripuu
Photo credits: Koidula Kliimann
4. Photo credits: Lee Nuutre
Tree species with
financial significance
- Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
- Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.)
- Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)
- Downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.)
- European aspen (Populus tremula L.)
5. Photo credits: Helen Jõeorg
Main factors of impact
• Climate, natural fluctuations
• Anthropogenic factors (direct, indirect)
Forestry related
• Fragmentation
• Forest management schemes:
– Selection of tree species
– Rotation length
– Weed & pest control
Photo credits: Allar Maripuu
Photo credits: Allar Maripuu
Photo credits: Lee Nuutre
Photo credits: Koidula Kliimann
6. Consequences
• Loss of forest stability and functional diversity
• Decline in ecosystem resilience:
decreased response diversity to natural
disturbances and climate change uncertainties
Photo credits: Aime Pae Photo credits: Kaisa Äärmaa
7. Resilience
Jõgiste et al. 2017, free to: Marten 2001 – Ecological succession
→ the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by
resistance to damage agent and relatively fast recovery of structure and functions
Photo credits: Helen JõeorgPhoto credits: Koidula Kliimann
8. Consequences
• Loss of forest stability and functional diversity
• Decline in ecosystem resilience:
decreased response diversity to natural
disturbances and climate change uncertainties
Photo credits: Aime Pae Photo credits: Kaisa Äärmaa
Photo credits: Liesbeth van den Berg
9. Photo credits: Helen Parmen
Policy: tendencies and challenges
• Initiatives at various scales
• Nature-based solutions
– Forest harvesting based on natural processes
– Diversity in patch size and harvesting
methods
– Multi-species forests
Photo credits: Liina Uurman
Photo credits: Anu Kungla