Advances in Forest Inventory Help Enhancing Forest Resource Values (2011)
Lectures given at the 2011 MWP Symposium held in Stockholm on 4 October, 2011.
Welcome and Introduction
Gunilla Jönson, Professor Lund University/LTH, Lund Sweden
Chairman of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize Selection Committee
The Value of better Information for the Forest Sector
Elisabet Salander Björklund, CEO, Bergvik Skog, Falun, Sweden
Characterizing the Forest Resources with Airborne Laser: The Idea, the Application and the Market
Erik Næsset, recipient of the 2011 Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Utilizing Individual Tree Information in Laser Assisted Forest Inventory
Juha Hyyppä, Professor, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, Finland
Stewardship of our Living Biosphere in an Era of Rapid Global Change
Johan Rockström, Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Information for Sustainable Development
Peter Holmgren, Director, Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, Rome, Italy
Using the Laser Technique to Address the Global Challenges
Göran Ståhl, Professor, Section of Forest Resource Analysis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
How to Stop Forest Destruction?
Poul Engberg-Pedersen, Deputy Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland