The guiding principle of the Nature2100 Fund is to broadly involve teachers and students from a wide range of disciplines in the development of a diverse forest ecosystem for the future. The selection of the forest areas, the planning of the measures to be carried out at the areas, and the various types of background tasks supporting these measures motivate students in a completely different way than purely theoretical studies.
The educational use of the Nature2100 Fund's forests has only just begun, but the aim is to involve a wide range of teachers and students from the multidisciplinary University of Turku in the planning and implementation of the fund's operation.
Examples of the teaching activities that have started include an applied biogeography course at the Department of Geography of the University of Turku, where students are identifying potential forest areas for the Nature2100 Fund, and a course in wildlife biology at the Department of Biology, where students have taken wildlife cameras to the first forest area of the fund.
University of Turku involved in development and education project in the forestry sector
Teaching will also be developed in the E-Täsmä project (2023-2025)led by the Finnish Forestry Centre and funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, which also involves professionals involved in practical forest management activities and students in the field, in addition to the University of Turku and its students.
