Biowater contributed at Finnish Biofuture2025 in Lahti 2019

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Biowater was presented at the annual BioFuture2025 seiminar in Lahti 16 – 17 April 2019. The BioFuture2025 programme is funded by the Finnish Academy, and aims to support the creation of a new knowledge base and to promote major scientific breakthroughs through new ways of doing science. The programme will seek out the best ideas, identify new opportunities and support research exploring new avenues for significant advances in the bioeconomy field.

Biofuture 2019 photo Seppo_edited

Key-note speaker Dr Hannes Böttcher, Oeko-Institut Berlin, discussed the role of the bioeconomy in the energy and climate policy – area of conflict or promised land? Photo: Seppo Hellsten.

The keynote lecture was given by Dr. Hannes Böttcher (The Oeko-Institut, Germany).

Finnish Biowater scientists presented a speach on “Biowater – recent developments related to effects of bioeconomy on water courses in Nordic countries”, and several Biowater posters were presented during the event.

Projects funded in the ForestValue – Innovating Forest-based Bioeconomy ERANET cofund – Call (2017) presented their projects.

Recent developments of BioFuture2025 projects, together with Biowater and other NCoEs,  were discussed. See the Seminar programme.

Biowater contributions: 

Presentation: Hellsten, S., Lepistö, A., et al. 2019. Biowater – recent development related to effects of bioeconomy on water courses in Nordic countries. Environmental effects of the green shift. BioFuture2025 Annual Seminar ,16 -17 April 2019, Lahden Seurahuone, Lahti, Academy of Finland, Finland.

Poster: Rajakallio M., Jyväsjärvi J., Taipale S., Louhi P., Huusko A., Muotka T. 2019. Diving into murky waters – effects of brownification and canopy removal on stream biofilm quality, functioning and structure. BioFuture2025 Annual Seminar ,16 -17 April 2019, Lahden Seurahuone, Lahti, Academy of Finland, Finland.

Poster: Jarno Turunen, Janne Markkula, Maria Rajakallio, Vasco Elbrecht, Jukka Aroviita. 2019. Riparian forests mitigate harmful ecological effects of agricultural diffuse pollution in streams. BioFuture2025 Annual Seminar ,16 -17 April 2019, Lahden Seurahuone, Lahti, Academy of Finland, Finland. (Partly Biowater-funded).

Poster: Skarbøvik, E., Vermaat, J., Hellsten, S., Lepistö, A., Kløve, B., Rankinen, K., Juutinen, A., Pouta, E., Kronvang, B., Solheim, A.L., de Wit, H., Collentine, D., Kyllmar, K. 2019. Environmental effects of the green shift. BioFuture2025 Annual Seminar ,16 -17 April 2019, Lahden Seurahuone, Lahti, Academy of Finland, Finland.

Feature photo: Mitigation measures may become increasingly important with the green shift.  Photo by Keskinen..