New Nordic research network for wild berries

Through funding from Nordic Forest Research (SNS) and the Forest Bioeconomy Network, the network will conduct webinars and workshops with the aim of establishing a research forum for the exchange of knowledge on issues such as cultural and commercial aspects of the use of forest berries, current legal requirements and policies, requirements and wishes for quality and sensory parameters and health effects of forest berries. The network includes researchers from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark.

In 2024, the Nordic research network will compile and communicate country-specific state-of-the-art reports in the forest berry area, identify future research needs, find synergies in the research area and plan for the 2025 Nordic forest berry conference organised in Rovaniemi. The long-term ambition is to show the forest as a resource for multiple values, not only in the form of biomass from trees. Among other things, forest berries have an important role to play in forest biodiversity, climate adaptation and the development of new local business models and nature tourism.

If you as a researcher are interested in knowing more about the network and its activities in 2024, contact Anna Molander at RISE. She can be reached via email address: anna.molander@ri.se

If you want to read the presentations and posters from the Nordic Forest Berry Conference 2023, you can find them here →