Thematic Seminar Central Finland

Nature-based Carbon Offsets, NACAO project, meets in February in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. The thematic days include sharing good practices, site visits in forest restoration spots in Saarijärvi, and a steering group meeting. Thematic seminars is a platform for sharing knowledge, mutual learning and networking. In the meeting six regions around Europe meet each others and stakeholders are invited to join us.

Agenda of the meeting

Tuesday 20.2.2024

9:00 onwards

Good Practices in presentation:

1. Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality 2030 - Central Finland, FINLAND
2. Marathon of biodiversity - Auvergne Rhône Alpes Energie et Environnement, FRANCE
3. Project LIFE4Delta - Renaturalisation of the inland delta of Nida River - Świętokrzyskie region, POLAND

Lunch

1. Project LIFE CO₂ stored in forests management - Marche Region, ITALY
2. Urban greening on private sites through regulatory standards and funding programs - Ministry for Environment, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, GERMANY.
3. Protocol for the calculation of the carbon footprint of sustainable events - Regional Government Andalucia, SPAIN

Afternoon keynote

• Carbon efficient utilization of bioresources – two examples of VTT’s research projects at Jyväskylä. Eemeli Tsupari, Principal Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

16:00 Closing

18:00 Social Dinner at Kuokkalan Kartano. Bus leaves at 17:40 in front of Trattoria aukio.

Wednesday 21.2.2024

9.00 Onwards at JYU University Library Lähde

Land-use planning, biodiversity offsetting and climate aspects: Case study presentation from collaborative project of University of Jyväskylä School of Resource Wisdom and Jyväskylä city. 

• Panu Halme, Docent & Lector at University of Jyväskylä
• Anne Laita, Land Use Planning Biologist at City of Jyväskylä

Lunch at restaurant Villa Rana, at a histrorical art nouveau building in University of Jyväskylä campus area.

12:30 Afternoon site visit: Forest restoration sites Haani and Nevalansuo at Saarijärvi municipality. Peatland based forest restoration sites in presentation and especially restoration actions conducted.

• Forestry land is classified as peatland if the land is covered by a layer of peat or if more than 75% of the ground vegetation is bog vegetation. There is no minimum thickness requirement for the peat layer. Other habitats are classified as heathland. A bog is thin peatland if the thickness of the peat layer is less than 30 cm. In a geological bog, the thickness of the peat must be at least 30 cm.

Visit at Tarvaala Bioeconomy campus and short presentaation in there.

Back to Jyväskylä starting at 17.30.

Thursday 22.2.2024

Steering comittee day (internal meeting only)

• Reporting on Good Practices
• Policy improvements
• Communication tasks
• Situational studies
• In-house meeting planning
• Schedule for next consortium meeting and study visit (France)

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Reima Välivaara, Keski-Suomen liitto

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Reima Välivaara, Keski-Suomen liitto

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