Research programmes

Luke ratkoo uusiutuvien luonnonvarojen kestävän ja kannattavan käytön haasteita kolmessa tutkimusohjelmassa, jotka suuntaavat tutkimustamme strategiamme mukaisesti. 

Forest value chains​

• Improving the productivity ​and profitability of forestry​

• Sustainable forest management ​and related transformative and innovative methods​

• Development of value chains, ​business models, and markets​

Food value chains​

• Improving the productivity andprofitability of agriculture and fisheries​

• Sustainable food production ​and related transformative ​and innovative methods​

• Renewal of farming systems ​and integration of livestock ​and crop production​

• Development of value chains, ​business models, and markets​​

Material flows and circularbioeconomy concepts​

• Bio-circular economy product ​ and service solutions to replace fossil-based raw materials​

• Utilisation of side streams andminimisation of waste and losses​

• Adoption of innovative solutions ​in primary production ​​​

Land and water use​

• Biodiversity, climate, well-being, and economic perspectives on the use of natural resources
• Sustainable coexistence between humans and wild species
• Land use related to the energy transition and its environmental, economic, and social impacts
• Water management in primary production and integrated governance of water, energy, and primary production

Climate change mitigationand adaptation​

• Enhancing mitigation solutions andcarbon sequestration, and managingcarbon losses​

• Development of carbon balanceaccounting methods and carbonmarkets​

• Adaptation solutions in the natural resource sectors and development ​of climate policy​

Biodiversity andecosystem services​

• Safeguarding biodiversity, habitatconservation, and the ecologicalsustainability of agriculture, forestry,fisheries, and game management​

• Well-being, new services, and businessopportunities based on nature-basedsolutions​​​​​​

Systemic change ​to biosociety​

• Resilience and strategic autonomy ​of the bio-based society​

• A sustainable, just, regionallyspecialised, and comprehensivelysecure bio-based society​

• Policy coherence affecting naturalresources and their use, and theoperating conditions of the naturalresource sectors​​

Disruptive technologiesand modern genetics​

• Resilience, competitiveness, ​and the transition towards ​a bio-based society​

• The role of genetics as part ​of resilience​

• Breakthrough technologies ​as drivers of bioeconomy renewal​​

Security of supply ​and risk management​

• Secure production solutions ​for people and the environment​

• Anticipation and management ​of damages and risks, including ​in urban environments​

• Security of supply and self-sufficiency,soil health, and food security​​​