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Wood-material based retrofits offer new possibilities for #decarbonizing building stock but are rare in urban areas. City-owned housing companies are the most aware of seizing opportunities of climate-benefits and facelifts in less appealing suburbs. doi.org/10.14214/sf.23…

Net C storage of the supplied timber is reduced by 1.5%-5% by harvesting and transport. CO2 emissions for forest machinery are ca. 4 kg/CO2/m3 and for downstream logistics on average 11 kg/CO2/m3. Emissions are low compared to the C storage in sawn timber. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

C forest policy, biodiversity policy and combined biodiversity-C policy lead to decreased harvests compared to business-as-usual in Norway. Old forests expand from 3% to 21% or more of the productive forest area. Policy impacts depend on site productivity. doi.org/10.14214/sf.23…

Forests are a major biogenic C storage, but they have limits, while built environment can store wood > 10000 m3/ha, claims Subject Editor Henrik Heräjärvi in his editorial. Let's minimize environmental impacts of our infrastructure with smart material use. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

Filtered sludge significantly increases #eucalyptus growth, esp. 6 mo after application. Bacterial fertilizer significantly improves soil enzyme activities, esp. urease and sucrase, enhancing soil fertility and promoting sustainable eucalyptus cultivation. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

New discussion opening draws insights on intricacies with spatially explicit data and analyses when studying the vulnerability of forest socio-ecological systems to disruptive abiotic and biotic factors. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

Existing biomass (BM) models are not suitable for predicting #spruce and #birch #biomass growing in young planted stands, allocating too much biomass to roots and too little to crown. Needle biomass comprises 40-50% of total BM spruce saplings. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

A new coupled model connects stomatal behaviour with non-stomatal limitation on photosynthesis, waterlogging effects, and the enzymatic activities and phenology of cambial growth. It outputs simultaneous transpiration, assimilation and cambial growth rate. doi.org/10.14214/df.356

Future of Finnish forest sector depends on reconciling the contradiction of environmental protection and forest utilization. Policy changes toward a sustainable future require changes in the discourse and the discursive space, with open public discussion. doi.org/10.14214/df.357

Tropical long rotation tree plantations under low-intensity management and secondary forests can evolve into forests exhibiting structural complexity, floristic diversity, functionality, and self-sustainability like primary forests enhancing restoration. doi.org/10.14214/df.358

Small and medium-sized companies offer innovative solutions for using wood-based side streams yet strong technological orientation reduces horizontal networking among them. Forest-based regime resists spread of innovations aiming for higher value added. doi.org/10.14214/sf.23…

The latest Finnish National Forest Inventory: Growing stock volume is ca. 2x that of the 1920s and continues to increase; volume increment is more than 2x the increment 100 yrs ago but declining recently; mortality increases at alarming rate. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

Out of 7007 respondents in 7 European countries, 46% have not heard of wooden multi-storey buildings (WMSB). Young and urban consumers are the most attracted to living in a WMSB. Fire safety is an important concern affecting attractiveness. doi.org/10.14214/sf.23…

Dormant buds of Finnish native elms, Ulmus laevis & U. glabra, can be cryopreserved and regenerated in vitro through micropropagation allowing a backup cryostorage of field collections.Cryocollection now houses 117 U. laevis and 43 U. glabra genotypes. doi.org/10.14214/df.360

Citizen science and gamification are proposed for collecting in situ forest leaf area index data. LAI can be estimated reliable by taking 20 smartphone images per plot of forest canopies at 57° zenith angle. doi.org/10.14214/sf.24…

Why Clarivate's decision to delist eLife is counterproductive for openness and - more importantly - quality of science? A thoughtful blog from Plan S.

Finnish strains of the mushroom Ganoderma lucidumcan can be cultivated on wood by-products from aspen or birch as substrate. A cold shock treatment is needed for the formation of fruiting bodies. Pine wood subatrate is not suitable for mushroom production. doi.org/10.14214/df.361

Predominant types of human-tree relationships are admiring/empowering, nurturing and nostalgic. Functional tree traits, like size and age, influence the admiring and nurturing relationships, nostalgia is closely tied to personal memories and significance. doi.org/10.14214/df.359

Smarter use of roundwood for HWPs with high C substitution benefits can be an effective means of climate change mitigation within the next 20 yrs. In the long term, enhancing forest C sinks by reducing harvests may be more beneficial for the climate. doi.org/10.14214/sf.23…

Authors of this article found an error in calculations of this article. Following the good scientific practice they informed Silva Fennica and wrote a revised version. This original article is retracted and the revised version is published at doi.org/10.14214/sf.25…