Kari Lehtilä
Professor
My research deals with forest biodiversity in Baltic Sea region, landscape and seascape ecology, urban ecology and environmental governance in low-income countries.
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Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies
MD269
My main research areas are ecology and natural resource management.
Currently, my research deals with:
- Forest biodiversity in the Baltic Sea region, including studies on forest succession, habitat closure and landscape ecology: relationships between landscape configuration and diversity and functional composition in local plant communities.
- The effect of carbon sinks on climat compensation in coastal environments.
- Natural resource management in rural Africa: environmental and societal effects of development interventions; community-based ecotourism and socio-environmental justice.
- Natural resource management in wetlands.
Current research projects
- ClimScape - Climate change mitigation capacity of the Baltic coastal seascape Identification of hotspot environments for coastal blue carbon sequestration and guidance for sustainable management of the Baltic coastal landscapes under global change
- Engage4Wet - Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Restoration of Wetlands for Water Security