2. October, 2020

Some preliminary results from the Finnish forest owner’s questionnaire survey done in part of Smallwood work package 3 were presented in the scientific conference “IUFRO WG 5.10.00 & Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE)”.

Due to the covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the joint IUFRO 5.10.00 Forest Products Marketing and Business Management Conference and the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE) Biennial Meeting was transformed to an online event instead planned meeting in Lehmonkärki resort in Finland. The University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki, and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) hosted the meeting on Zoom online platform on September 28 – 30 2020. The joint online meeting had a total of 131 registrants, representing 24 countries. Presentation, titled “Finnish forest owners’ perceptions of sustainable management of small-diameter stands” was given by Early Stage Researcher Satu Helenius from the University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences. The abstract of the presentation can be accessed in a published book of conference proceedings.

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