Can myths and business coexist in the forests? -podcast
Lukuaika: < 1 min. Can myths and business coexist in the forests? In this Versus podcast episode post-doctoral researcher Violeta Gutiérrez-Zamora from Luke and Versus editor-in-chief Anna Heikkinen discuss the plural values and uses of the forests.
A naturally developed forest is bountiful – Continuous cover structure is a solution for forestry
Lukuaika: 13 min. Continuous tree-cover silviculture is a better way of treating and protecting ourselves and animals, plants, fungi, and all other living organisms as well as the entire environment where forests, soil, air and water systems play their part writes professor emeritus Erkki Lähde.
Other lenses are needed to keep bioeconomy on a sustainable track
Lukuaika: 11 min. Over the last decade, the bioeconomy has become a popular strategy proposed to shift our economies away from fossil fuels and boost local economic growth, especially of rural areas.
However, critiques of the bioeconomy have pointed at its reductionist view of rural areas as providers of biomass and containers of industries and infrastructure.