Natalia Kiuru

Research Assistant
  • Phone number +358295322459
  • Email address natalia.kiuru@luke.fi
  • Address Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 HELSINKI

Ongoing projects

Forest peatland ecosystem assessment and targeted management for enhanced carbon sequestration, biodiversity and water quality

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2025–2029

Efficient control of non-native plant species

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2025–2027

Enhancing climate-smart forestry with fertilization

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2025–2027

Role of soil faunal diversity in agroecosystems to foster sustainable agriculture and circular economy

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2023–2027

Wildland-Urban Intermix (WUI) fire modelling

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2025–2027

BIOPRODUCTS FROM NATURE – High value added products from forest and agricultural sidestreams

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2023–2026

Monitoring of peat microbial diversity through vegetation properties and its implication for carbon dynamics across European peatlands

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2024–2026

Wetland restoration for the future - ALFAwetlands

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2022–2026

Do shrubs destroy or maintain peat soil carbon pools?

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2022–2026

Completed projects

Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils

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2021–2025

Impacts of water table rise on the hydrology and carbon balance in commercial forests on drained peatlands

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2022–2024

Demonstration of climate change mitigation measures in nutrients rich drained organic soils in Baltic States (LIFE OrgBalt)

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2019–2024

Biogeochemical and biophysical feedbacks from forest harvesting to climate change

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2019–2023

Acclimation of arctic peatlands through reindeer grazing to a changing climate

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2018–2022

Collaborative Data and Information Exchange Network for Managing Invasive Alien Species - DIAS

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2018–2021

Plant-mycorrhizal feedbacks of nitrogen deposition to peatland carbon and nutrient cycling. Academy Research Fellow follow-on funding for research costs

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2018–2020

Root-related carbon fluxes – missing pieces in the boreal peatland carbon balance puzzle

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2015–2019