Forests and abundance of water -focus on boreal forests and peatlands. Abstracts and Programme of COST Action FP0601 FORMAN Workshop at the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki and Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, Finland 6.−8.9.2010

Taitto: Leena Karvinen

This paper compiles the programme and abstracts of the international scientific workshop, Forests and abundance of water boreal forests and peatlands, organised in the premises of the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki and the Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station of the University of Helsinki from the 6th to 8th of September 2010. It is the 7th workshop of the COST Action FP0601 Forest management and water cycle (FORMAN). The main objectives of FORMAN are to enhance the knowledge on forest-water interactions in Europe and to elaborate science-based guidelines for the improvement of the management of forests predominantly designed for the production and storage of water. FORMAN will scientifically address the manifold aspects of managing forest-water interactions under rapidly changing environmental constraints. The main organizers of this Workshop are the Finnish Forest Research Institute, the Finnish Environment Institute, together with the Institute of Ecology from the Tallinn University, the Department of Soil and Environment from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the COST Action FP0601. Over 50 scientists from 19 different countries attend the workshop.