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Vikings were part of a complex system of a plunder economy that existed in Europe until the early Middle Ages.

The most important thing a strong-sustainability forest service model can achieve is getting forest owners to ask themselves what they can and are ready to do for nature.

The University of Eastern Finland participates in six of the funded FIRI consortia, and funding for the development of infrastructures was granted to all faculties of the university.

The doctoral dissertation in the Human Geography will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu Campus and online.

New study shows a frontier between sustainable forest management discourses and forestry practices in Russia.

The Academy of Finland has granted Professor of Environmental Policy Rauno Sairinen 294,759 euros of funding from the Academy Programme Critical Materials in Circular Economy of Cities.

The UEF's Sustainable Resource Society (UEF RESOURCE) Research Community held its first annual international conference on 25-26 October 2021.

A study published in Ecosystems shows that recent increase of Sphagnum mosses over wet aapa mires in the Mahlaveva aapa mire can be detected from Landsat satellite data.

“Instead of planning for growth, regions with a dwindling population should learn to adapt to shrinkage,” says Teemu Makkonen, UEF’s newly appointed Professor of Regional Research and Economic Geography.

Sustainability transitions call for swift action, but the identity and history of past livelihoods should also be acknowledged.