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Webinar on Impacts of World War II on Finnish Forestry and Forest Policy

account_balance International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) business IUFRO Headquarters place Vienna

Speaker: Timo Vuorisalo, nct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
Moderator: Dr. Nataliya Stryamets, Nature Reserve Roztochya, Ukraine

On 18 May 2026, the IUFRO Task Force on Post-Conflict Forest Landscape Restoration held a webinar titled “Impacts of World War II on Finnish Forestry and Forest Policy” presented by Timo Vuorisalo. The talk explored how World War II transformed forest use, forestry practices, and forest policy in Finland, and reflected on the long-term ecological consequences of these changes.