Sirpa Piirainen

Group Manager, Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295323188
  • Email address sirpa.piirainen@luke.fi
  • Address Yliopistokatu 6 B 80100 JOENSUU

Ongoing projects

Recycled organic fertilizers for forests – busting the myths

Project
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2025

Water quality effects of final felling in Finland and Scandinavia - a review

Project
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2022–2025

Completed projects

Micro-mining of soil phosphorus by means of root-exudate induced rhizobacteria

Project
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2021–2024

Seasonal variation of root symbioses in boreal forests

Project
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2022–2023

Development of water management in the Salinjoki catchment area

Project
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2020–2023

GIS and nature value based planning of forest buffer zones

Project
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2020–2022

Forest hydrology and environmental responses of trees

Project
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2015–2021

Influence of forestry to groundwater

Project
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2020–2021

Drivers of fine root phenology of boreal trees in changing climate (RootPheno)

Project
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2017–2021

Competitiveness of Nutrition Recycling

Project
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2018–2020

The need of updating the forest management recommendations in aquifers

Project
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2019