Timetable of the course
PreviewSUNDAY 10.4.2016 ARRIVAL AT HELSINKI
Arrival at Helsinki on Sunday (group 1), on Monday (groups 2 and 3) bus transportation to the hotel
| Bus transport to the Hotel Helka (http://hotelhelka.com/ ), Helsinki city centre, accommodation in double rooms. |
Spring Time in Finland : Winter is slowly turning to spring, the axis of the Earth is increasing its tilt relative to the sun and the length of daylight rapidly increases. Snow begins to melt and streams swell with runoff. This is still good season for Skiing, Skating and ice-fishing! Nature awakens after winter, many of the migratory birds are busy moving back to Finland and bird-life starts to be noisy, animals stop hibernating. Days are growing longer than nights and nature prepares for intensive growing season, temperature is mainly between -5 - 9 degrees C.
| MONDAY 11.04.2016 Briefing to the course and zoo management, wildlife management |
08:00
Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 - 10:30
Coffee / Tea
Welcoming session and course introduction. Briefing of course content and study mode. Briefing to Finland and European Union, Society and Culture
Adj.Prof. Tahvanainen, Prof. Pelkonen
http://www.finland.org.in/public/default.aspx?nodeid=45726&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
http://www.visitfinland.com/
10:30
Bus transportation to welcoming luncheon (Indian Embassy, Kulosaari)
11:00 - 13:00
Welcoming Luncheon - Hosted by HE Ambassador of India Shri. Ashok Kumar Sharma
13:00
Bus Transportation to Korkeasaari Zoo
13:15 - 17:00
Excursion to Helsinki Zoo, Korkeasaari.
Expert lectures on Zoo management and wildlife conservation, important role of Zoos. Group excercises with Zoo tour, Zoo Director Sanna Hellström and Director of wildlife Nina Trontti http://www.korkeasaari.fi/helsinki-zoo/
Korkeasaari is one of the world’s oldest Zoos, founded in 1889! Famous with Snow Leopards, Amur tigers and many others, all together 150 (+ more than 1000 plant species). The Zoo is famous for its active work towards preserving biodiversity. They breed endangered species and participate in programs that aim to re-introduce the animals to their natural habitats. Helsinki Zoo is very well known for its work to help endangered big cats. For example snow leopards have had more cubs than in any other zoo. Helsinki Zoo is also the biggest annual donor for the endangered Amur leopard and tiger protection in the world.
17:00 - 22:30
Bus trip to Joensuu, Overview of silviculture in Finnish Boreal forests Prof., Dr. Paavo Pelkonen and Adj.Prof., Dr. Liisa Tahvanainen Dinner during the way. Arrival to Niittylahti Academy Campus (Niittylahdentie 297)
TUESDAY 12.04.2016 State Forestry and Forest & Park Services
08:00
Breakfast
National parks and wilderness and hiking areas offer peaceful environments and magnificent views to nature tourists. There are 35 national parks in Finland, with a total surface area of more than 8,000 square kilometers
08:30 - 09:00
Introduction and instructions for the day : State forests, wildlife and tourism
09:00
Depature by Bus for Excursion to State Forests: KOLI National Park and Finnish national landscape
Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - From devastating forest uses to sustainable use of natural resources - Project on invasive alien species
Metsähallitus, Finnish Forest and Park Service (Finnish State Forest Authority): National parks, management and services, special duties in protecting cultural heritage, wildlife management
Ancient marks of the ice ages. It is located on the border between two bedrock areas of different ages. Originally almost as high as the Himalayas. Today only the hardest rock material, quartzite, Upheavals – 2.6 billion years!
The cliffs of Koli provide tangible examples of the movements of ancient testonic plates, formation of mountain chains and remaining. Koli is the oldest bedrock in Finland – more than 2.6 billion years – for the most parts granite-gneiss. In younger slates, mainly pale quartzite rock is crossed by dark dikes of igneous rocks that are the hardened outlet channels for the lava from ancient volcanoes.
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is responsible e.g. for forests, environment, climate, wildlife, water and fisheries, but also for bioeconomy. Long term legislative work with practical guidelines has made Finnish Forestry a success story. http://mmm.fi/en/frontpage |
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch (Packed Lunch)
12:30 - 16:00
Tourism services and educational purposes of national parks
Hiking and Excercises in the National Park: Planning of services, hiking trails (services, constructions e.g., information signs, eco-toilets and other services in recreational areas) Coffee/ Tea
16:00 - 17:00
Bus trip back to Joensuu
18:00 - 19:00
Dinner
19:00 -
Sauna will be heated. Voluntary participation to discussion. Modern game technology to provide interactive services and piloting new ways to extract and communicate with visitors. Modern IT-applications for mobile phone to support tourism, Dr. Carolina Islas-Sedano
WEDNESDAY 13.04.2016
The group is divided to two groups of 31 participants – for the Group 1 this programme takes place on Wednesday and for the Group 2 on Thursday From National strategies to Forest Inventory & Planning
The annual increment of Finnish forests (99 million m3) exceeds the drain by about 25 million m3. The annual roundwood removals from commercial forests total about 64 million m3. Silviculture speeds up the growth of commercial forests and improves the quality of the stand. The growth of a new generation of trees gets off to a good start through artificial or natural regeneration.
08:00
Breakfast
08:30 - 08:45
Introduction for the day
08:45 - 09:45
National and Provincial Strategies
"Farewell for Fossils" Promoting Bioeconomy, Regional Council
09:45 - 10:15
Depature by bus to the "Arbonaut Ltd" office. www.arbonaut.com
10:15 - 10:30
Introduction to Arbonaut Mr. Jari Kinnunen, Vice President, Arbonaut Ltd
Arbonaut is a world leader in developing information gathering and GIS solutions for forest inventory and natural resource management. Arbonaut's technological advancements are employed by the world's largest timber owners but also e.g. in REDD carbon inventory, wildlife management, or carbon stock inventories. The method combines ArboLiDAR technology with satellite imagery and field sample plots.
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch (Kaislakatu Campus Mess)
13:00 - 16:00 with coffee / tea break
Hands-on excercises with Arbolidar software Experts from Forest Inventory Unit: Mr.Ville-Matti Vartio, Ms. Maria Villikka, Mr. Risto Rautiainen
16:00 - 17:00
LiDAR-assisted Multisource Programme for REDD+ Mr. Jarno Hämäläinen, Head of REDD+ and sustainable forestry unit, Arbonaut Ltd
17:00 - 17:15
Bus back to academy
18:00 -
Dinner
19:00
Evening Programme ; Evening snack at open fire
THURSDAY 14.04.2016
NOTICE! The group is divided to two groups of 31 participants – for the Group 1 this programme takes place on Thursday and for the Group 2 on Wednesday Forest Management Practices
Everyman's right gives the right of access to move freely and pick mushrooms and berries in all Finnish forests regardless of who owns them. No specific permits are required for recreational use of the nature. Restrictions on the activities allowed are laid down by law. Most importantly, the use of everyman's right may not cause damage or disturbance to anyone. 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast 08:00 - 12:30 Bus Transportation to Private Forestry : Introduction in practice from manual to mechanical loggings and trending operations, excursion to logging site Mr. Sakari Tikka, Academic forester, Forest Owners Association 
12:30 - 13:00 Bus transportation 13:00 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 Europe and specifically Finland as an example of sustainable use of natural resources: Forests, Energy and climate policy, Bioeconomy strategy. Forest Management Practices: Regeneration, Trending, Loggings. Sustainable Forest and Natural resources management planning 
15:00 Coffee / Tea ; Free time / transporation to Joensuu downtown 17:00 Back to Academy 17:15 - 18:00 Dinner 18:30 Evening Programme : Cultural Programme / Theatre at the Academy or Sports activities such as "Mindfulness walk" or snowshoeing FRIDAY 15.04.2016 Forest Technology 08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast 08:30 - 09:00 Bus to Joensuu Forestry campus and instructions on the way 09:00 - 11:15 Introduction to R&D and education provided by professors from each Organization University of Eastern Finland (UEF) European Forest Institute (EFI) Natural Resources Institute LUKE ( former Forest Research Institute METLA) 
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch at Kaislakatu Campus Mess 12:30 Bus to John Deere Factory 12:45 - 14:15 Excursions to John Deere factory, world's biggest manufacturer of harvesters and forwarders - Director Janne Haapasalo John Deere, world’s biggest manufacturer of forest and agricultural machinery, has it’s Finnish branch in Joensuu: John Deere Forestry producing advanced harvesting systems; more and more efficient but with better stewardship of the natural forest environment www.deere.fi 14:15 Bus to downtown or back to the academy Free time (Coffee / Tea available at the academy); possibility to go to Joensuu Centre for shopping and sight seeing or enjoy outdoor activities 18:30 - 22:00 Farewell dinner party at Niittylahti hotel and closing ceremony Sauna with ice-hole swimming , with Academy/University teachers,students and invited guests from forest organizations and companies, possibility for discussions and contact creation SATURDAY 16.04.2016 Departure 05:30 - 06:30 Breakfast and checkout at Niittylahti hotel 06:00 Bus transportation towards Helsinki and airport - Feedback session during the way 10:30 Coffee / Tea on the way 11:00 Bus to Helsinki airport, Free Programme at Helsinki for groups with late departure Group 2 at 14:00 with flight LH849 Group 3 at 16:55 with flight AY825 Group 1 at 20:15 with flight AY21 |
