Growing stock volume and annual forest growth are much-discussed topics – is there enough wood, are harvesting levels sustainable, and what different factors influence tree growth? At the Finland 100 anniversary forest stand site, you can learn more about Finland’s forest resources and peek into the internal structures of wood. Individual sites offer condensed information along with links to various materials, such as videos and English content. Also nearby are over 80-year-old long-term forest growth experiments.

Noble hardwoods. Due to climate change, the importance of expanding the forest tree species selection and maintaining biodiversity is growing. A diverse range of tree species provides security in future changing conditions. Cultivation of native noble hardwoods is one way to diversify our tree species composition. At the noble hardwoods site, you can find basic information about noble hardwoods in a 100-year-old oak stand.

National Forest Inventory (NFI). The NFI (1921-) is a monitoring system for forests and forest resources, which produces information on land use, forest health, and biodiversity, as well as forest carbon stocks, in addition to forest resource data. The NFI site provides more information about the inventory and illustrates the development of our country’s timber volume, deadwood, large-diameter trees, and the growth and removal of growing stock.

Wood structure and new uses for wood raw material. The versatile use of wood raw material requires knowledge of wood’s structure and chemical properties. Current research topics include, among others, the use of tree bark and biochar. Short researcher talks have been compiled at this site for viewing on mobile devices, and you can also examine the internal structures of the trees at the site in more detail.

At the observation station, tree thickness growth, air and soil temperatures, radiation, and air humidity are concretely measured (IoT) – this data is openly available.